and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
Parallel translations
- WEB Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
- KJV And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
- ESV And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
- NKJV Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
- NASB And many false prophets will rise up and mislead many people.
- NLT And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.
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Quick answer
Many false prophets will arise and deceive many. It reiterates the danger of religious deception.
Overview
Alongside persecution, false prophets will multiply and mislead many people. Deception remains a persistent threat throughout the age. Jesus' repeated warnings underscore the need for believers to test every teaching against his word and to remain rooted in the truth he has revealed.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Matt 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- Matt 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- Matt 24:5For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
- 1 Tim 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- 1 Jn 2:18Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- Rev 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- 2 Pet 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- 1 Jn 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
- 1 Jn 2:26I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
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