Matthew 24:5

In 9 translations

BSB

For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

KJV

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

WEB

For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.

ASV

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

LSV

for many will come in My Name, saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray,

YLT

for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,

DBY

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall mislead many.

DRC

For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ: and they will seduce many.

GNV

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες· Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ χριστός, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.

RP2018

Πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, λέγοντες, Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ χριστός· καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.

TR-Boyd

Πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, λέγοντες, Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Χριστός· καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσι.

SCR1894

πολλοι γαρ ελευσονται επι τω ονοματι μου λεγοντες εγω ειμι ο χριστος και πολλους πλανησουσιν

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• Matthew 24:11and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
• Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Jeremiah 14:14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of…
• 1 John 2:18Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
• Acts 5:36–37Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the…
• Acts 8:9–10Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and…
• Jeremiah 23:25“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
• John 5:43I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
• Jeremiah 23:21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
• Revelation 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

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