Parallel Verses

NET Bible

For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

New American Standard Bible

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.

King James Version

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

A Conservative Version

For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and will lead many astray.

American Standard Version

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

Amplified

For many will come in My name [misusing it, and appropriating the strength of the name which belongs to Me], saying, ‘I am the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed),’ and they will mislead many.

An Understandable Version

For many [false teachers] will come, claiming to be me, and saying, 'I am the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one]' and they will lead many people away [from the truth].

Anderson New Testament

For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and will deceive many.

Bible in Basic English

For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.

Common New Testament

For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ: and shall deceive many.

Darby Translation

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall mislead many.

Godbey New Testament

For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and they will deceive many.

Goodspeed New Testament

For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am the Christ,' and many will be misled by them.

John Wesley New Testament

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.

Julia Smith Translation

For many shall come upon my name, saying, I am Christ; and deceive many.

King James 2000

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will deceive many.

Modern King James verseion

For many will come in My name, saying, I am Christ, and will deceive many.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For many shall come in my name saying, 'I am Christ': and shall deceive many.

Moffatt New Testament

for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

Montgomery New Testament

for many will come in my name saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.

New Heart English Bible

For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Messiah,' and will lead many astray.

Noyes New Testament

For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and will deceive many.

Sawyer New Testament

for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.

The Emphasized Bible

For, many, will come upon my name, saying - I, am the Christ, - and will, deceive many.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Messiah; and shall deceive multitudes.

Twentieth Century New Testament

for, many will take my name, and come saying 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

Webster

For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and will deceive many.

Weymouth New Testament

"for many will come assuming my name and saying 'I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.

Williams New Testament

for many will come bearing the name of the Messiah, and saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many people.

World English Bible

For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

Worrell New Testament

for many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

Worsley New Testament

for many shall come in my name saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.

Youngs Literal Translation

for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

in
ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

ὄνομα 
Onoma 
name, named, called, surname , named , not tr
Usage: 162

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

am
εἰμί 
Eimi 
I am , am, it is I , be, I was , have been, not tr
Usage: 72

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

πλανάω 
Planao 
deceive, err, go astray, seduce, wander, be out of the way
Usage: 25

Devotionals

Devotionals about Matthew 24:5

Context Readings

Signs Of The End Of The Age

4 Jesus answered them, "Watch out that no one misleads you. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.


Cross References

Matthew 24:11

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me, "Those prophets are prophesying lies while claiming my authority! I did not send them. I did not commission them. I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to these people false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own mind.

1 John 2:18

Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

Jeremiah 23:25

The Lord says, "I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, 'I have had a dream! I have had a dream!'

John 5:43

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

Acts 5:36-37

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.

Acts 8:9-10

Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

Revelation 13:8

and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

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