For many will come in My name, saying, 'I AM,' and they will deceive many.
Then many false prophets will be raised up, and they will deceive many.
For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will deceive many.
For false christs and false prophets will arise, and they will give signs and wonders in order to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
And Jesus, answering them, began to say: "Take heed lest anyone deceive you.
But whenever you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be disturbed; for these things must occur, but the end is not yet.
I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins."
Therefore Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and from Myself I do nothing; but just as My Father taught Me, these things I speak.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.