“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ do not believe it.
And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore do not go after them.
For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
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.
And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.
For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.