Matthew 24:5

New Century Version

Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will fool many people.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me, “Those prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They have been prophesying false visions, idolatries, worthless magic, and their own wishful thinking.

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send those prophets, but they ran to tell their message. I did not speak to them, but they prophesied anyway.

Jeremiah 23:25

“I have heard the prophets who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’

Jeremiah 37:9

“This is what the Lord says: People of Jerusalem, do not fool yourselves. Don’t say, ‘The Babylonian army will surely leave us alone.’ They will not!

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets will come and cause many people to believe lies.

Matthew 24:24

False Christs and false prophets will come and perform great wonders and miracles. They will try to fool even the people God has chosen, if that is possible.

John 5:43

I have come from my Father and speak for him, but you don’t accept me. But when another person comes, speaking only for himself, you will accept him.

John 8:24

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

John 8:28

So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know that I am he. You will know that these things I do are not by my own authority but that I say only what the Father has taught me.

1 John 2:18

My dear children, these are the last days. You have heard that the enemy of Christ is coming, and now many enemies of Christ are already here. This is how we know that these are the last days.

1 John 2:22

Who is the liar? It is the person who does not accept Jesus as the Christ. This is the enemy of Christ: the person who does not accept the Father and his Son.

1 John 4:3

And every spirit who refuses to say this about Jesus is not from God. It is the spirit of the enemy of Christ, which you have heard is coming, and now he is already in the world.

Revelation 13:8

And all who live on earth will worship the beast—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.