Luke 21:8
And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.
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Matthew 3:2Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.
Matthew 24:4And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked.
Matthew 24:23Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;
Mark 13:21And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:
John 5:43I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.
Acts 5:36For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.
Matthew Henry on Luke 21:6-20
Judgments Predicted. 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time… Read the whole commentary →