Matthew 24:11
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and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
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For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
For 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.
Children, 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.
But 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.
Beloved, 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.
Now 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.