Matthew 24:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So, if they say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So if they say to you, Behold, He is in the wilderness (desert)–do not go out there; if they tell you, Behold, He is in the secret places or inner rooms–do not believe it.

American Standard Version (1901)

If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe it not.

Common English Bible

So if they say to you, ‘Look, he’s in the desert,’ don’t go out. And if they say, ‘Look, he’s in the rooms deep inside the house,’ don’t believe it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, if they will have said to you, 'Behold, he is in the desert,' do not choose to go out, or, 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' do not be willing to believe it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If therefore they shall say to you: Behold he is in the desert, go ye not out: Behold he is in the closets, believe it not.

Matthew 24:26 Cross References

Isaiah 40:3

A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Matthew 24:25

Take note, I have told you beforehand.

Matthew 24:27

For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 3:1

In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,

Acts 21:38

Then you are not the Egyptian who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”