The Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets and the people that practice magic fool you. Don’t listen to the dreams they have.
Matthew 24:4 - Easy To Read Version Jesus answered: “Be careful! Don’t let any person fool you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus answered them, Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error]. American Standard Version (1901) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray. Common English Bible Jesus replied, “Watch out that no one deceives you. Catholic Public Domain Version And answering, Jesus said to them: "Pay attention, lest someone lead you astray. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you: |
The Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets and the people that practice magic fool you. Don’t listen to the dreams they have.
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.
False Christs and false prophets {\cf2\super [187]} will come and do great things and miracles. They will do these things to the people God has chosen. They will do these things to try to fool his people, if that is possible.
Jesus said, “Be careful! Don’t be fooled. Many people will come using my name. They will say, ‘I am \{the Christ {\cf2\super [332]} \}’ and, ‘The right time has come!’ But don’t follow them.
If a person thinks that he is important when he is really not important, he is only fooling himself.
Then we will not still be babies. We will not be people who change like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced (changed) by every new teaching we hear from people who try to fool us. Those people make plans and try any kind of trick to fool people into following the wrong way.
Don’t let any person fool you by telling you things that are not true. Those evil things make God angry with the people who don’t obey.
Some people enjoy acting like they are humble and love to worship angels. Those people always talk about the visions {\cf2\super [14]} they have seen. Don’t let those people say, “You don’t do these things, so you are wrong.” Those people are full of foolish pride because they think only the thoughts of people, \{not the thoughts of God\}.
Be sure that no person leads you away with false ideas and words that mean nothing. Those ideas come from people, not Christ. Those ideas are the worthless ideas of people in the world.
Don’t let any person fool you in any way. \{That day of the Lord will not come\} until the turning away \{from God\} happens. And \{that day will not come\} until the Man of Evil appears (comes). That Man of Evil belongs to hell. {\cf2\super [4]}
My dear friends, many false prophets {\cf2\super [14]} are in the world now. So don’t believe every spirit. But test the spirits to see if they are from God.