Luke 21:8

Jesus answered, “Be careful that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.

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And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

In Context

7So they asked him, saying, “Teacher, when will these things happen? What will be the sign when these things are about to happen?”

9When you hear of wars and riots, do not be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end will not happen immediately.”

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Cross References

Matthew 3:2“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 24:4Jesus answered and said to them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

Matthew 24:23Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There is the Christ!' do not believe it.

Mark 13:21Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it.

John 5:43I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another should come in his own name, you would receive him.

Acts 5:36For some time ago, Theudas rose up claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who had been obeying him were scattered 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 →

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