Matthew 24:5 - Revised Version 1885

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

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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.

Matthew 24:5 Cross References

Matthew 24:24

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:11

And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

Jeremiah 23:25

I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

John 5:43

I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Revelation 13:8

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain from the foundation of the world.

Jeremiah 23:21

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 37:9

Thus saith the LORD: Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

John 8:24

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:28

Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.

1 John 2:22

Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that denieth the Father and the Son.

1 John 4:3

and every spirit which confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.