Matthew 24:11

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Matthew 24:11

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

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

Beware of false prophets, who to outward appearance are sheep, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

for false Christs, and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and prodigies, so as to seduce, if it were possible, even the very elect.

nay, among your own body some will start up to vent their intricate conceits, and draw a number of followers.

Now the spirit says expresly, that in the latter times some shall abandon the faith, by giving credit to seducing spirits, and the doctrine concerning demons;

As there were false prophets among the people of Israel, there will likewise be false doctors among you, who by introducing pernicious sects, and by renouncing the Lord, who bought them, will bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Dear children, the last time is come: as ye have heard that antichrist was to come, accordingly many antichrists have already appeared; whereby we know that we are now in the last times.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

For certain men have insinuated themselves among you, who were formerly proscrib'd to be punish'd; impious men, who pervert the divine favour to licentiousness, and renounce their only master, and Jesus Christ our Lord.

and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles in his favour, by which he seduc'd those that had received the mark of the beast, and those that worshipped his image. these were both cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.