Cross references

Matthew 24:5

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

Matthew 24:5 BSB

Matthew 24:5 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 24:11 (22 votes) and Matthew 24:24 (22 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Jeremiah 14 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Matthew 24:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

  2. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

  3. “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

  4. 1 John 2:1815 votes

    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.

  5. Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

  6. Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

  7. “I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

  8. I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

  9. John 5:436 votes

    I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

  10. And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

Which verses point to Matthew 24:5?

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