"And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am {Christ}; and the time draw…" — Luke 21:8

Luke 21:8 · KJV

“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. {and the time: or, and, The time}”

— Luke 21:8

Verse 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?

Verse 9

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end {is} not by and by.

Luke 21 — Context

{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.

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?

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. {and the time: or, and, The time}

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end {is} not by and by.

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

Cross References

1 John 4:1

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

Ephesians 5:6

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. {disobedience: or, unbelief}

Mark 13:5-6

And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any {man} deceive you:

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no man deceive you by any means: for {that day shall not come}, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Matthew 24:4-5

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Mark 13:21-23

And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here {is} Christ; or, lo, {he is} there; believe {him} not:

Matthew 24:11

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

Jeremiah 29:8

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that {be} in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.