Matthew 24:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ Many people will come and use my name. They will say, ‘I am the Christ. {\cf2\super [366]} ’ And they will fool many people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For many will come in (on the strength of) My name [appropriating the name which belongs to Me], saying, I am the Christ (the Messiah), and they will lead many astray.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

Common English Bible

⁵ Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I’m the Christ.’ They will deceive many people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ For many will come in my name saying, 'I am the Christ.' And they will lead many astray.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ: and they will seduce many.

Matthew 24:5 Cross References

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, those prophets are preaching lies in my name. I did not send those prophets. I did not command them or speak to them. Those prophets have been preaching false visions, worthless magic, and their own wishful thinking.

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send those prophets.\par But they ran \{to tell their messages\}.\par I did not speak to them.\par But they preached in my name.\par

Jeremiah 23:25

“There are prophets that preach lies in my name. They say, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’ I heard them say those things.

Jeremiah 37:9

This is what the Lord says: ‘People of Jerusalem, don’t fool yourselves. Don’t say to yourselves, “The army of Babylon will surely leave us alone.” They will not.

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets {\cf2\super [367]} will come. They will cause many people to believe wrong things.

Matthew 24:24

False Christs and false prophets {\cf2\super [372]} will come and do great things and miracles. {\cf2\super [373]} They will do these things to the people God has chosen. They will do these things to try to fool his people, if that is possible.

John 5:43

I have come from my Father—I speak for him. But you don’t accept me. But when another person comes speaking only for himself, you will accept him.

John 8:24

I told you that you would die with your sins. Yes, you will die with your sins, if you don’t believe that I AM. {\cf2\super [133]} ”

John 8:28

So Jesus said to them, “You will lift up (kill) the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [134]} Then you will know that I AM. {\cf2\super [135]} You will know that these things I do are not by my own authority (power). You will know that I say only the things that the Father has taught me.

1 John 2:18

My dear children, the end is near! You have heard that the Enemy of Christ {\cf2\super [5]} is coming. And now many enemies of Christ are already here. So we know that the end is near.

1 John 2:22

So who is the liar? It is the person that says Jesus is not the Christ. {\cf2\super [7]} A person that says Jesus is not the Christ is the enemy of Christ. That person does not believe in the Father (God) or in his Son (Christ).

1 John 4:3

Another spirit refuses to say this about Jesus. That spirit is not from God. This is the spirit of the Enemy of Christ. You have heard that the Enemy of Christ is coming. And now the Enemy of Christ is already in the world.

Revelation 13:8

All the people who live on earth will worship the animal. These are all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the One who was killed.