Matthew 24:26 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁶ “So if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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)

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of יהוה; make straight in the desert a highway for our Elohim.

Matthew 24:25

“See, I have forewarned you.

Matthew 24:27

For as the lightning comes from the east and shines to the west, so also shall the coming of the Son of Aḏam be.

Matthew 3:1

And in those days Yoḥanan the Immerser came proclaiming in the wilderness of Yehuḏah,

Acts 21:38

“Are you not the Mitsrian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?