Matthew 24:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Many people will come and use my name. They will say, ‘I am the Messiah.’ And they will fool many people.

Cross References

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will come and do great miracles and wonders, trying to fool the people God has chosen, if that is possible.

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets will come and cause many people to believe things that are wrong.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, those prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or command them or speak to them. Their prophecies came from false visions, worthless magic, and their own wishful thinking.

1 John 2:18

My dear children, the end is near! You have heard that the enemy of Christ is coming. And now many enemies of Christ are already here. So we know that the end is near.

Jeremiah 23:25

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

John 5:43

I have come from my Father and speak for him, but you don’t accept me. But when other people come speaking only for themselves, you accept them.

Revelation 13:8

Everyone living on earth would worship the beast. 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.

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send those prophets, but they ran to tell their messages. I did not speak to them, but they spoke in my name.

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.

John 8:24

I told you that you would die in your sins. Yes, if you don’t believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.”

John 8:28

So he said to them, “You will lift up the Son of Man. Then you will know that I AM. You will know that whatever I do is not by my own authority. You will know that I say only what the Father has taught me.

1 John 2:22

So who is the liar? It is the one who says Jesus is not the Messiah. Whoever says that is the enemy of Christ—the one who does not believe in the Father or in his Son.

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 he is already in the world.