Mark 13:21

New American Bible - revised edition

If anyone says to you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah! Look, there he is!’ do not believe it.

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He answered, “See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’ Do not follow them!

For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.

I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.

If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect whom he chose, he did shorten the days.

False messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders in order to mislead, if that were possible, the elect.