"For many shall come in my name, saying, I am {Christ}; and shall deceive many." — Mark 13:6

Mark 13:6 · KJV

“For many shall come in my name, saying, I am {Christ}; and shall deceive many.”

— Mark 13:6

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

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for {such things} must needs be; but the end {shall} not {be} yet.

Mark 13 — Context

Tell us, when shall these things be? and what {shall be} the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

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

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am {Christ}; and shall deceive many.

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for {such things} must needs be; but the end {shall} not {be} yet.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these {are} the beginnings of sorrows. {sorrows: the word in the original importeth "the pains of a woman in travail"}

Cross References

Mark 13:22

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if {it were} possible, even the elect.

John 5:43

I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

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.

Matthew 24:5

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Acts 5:36-39

For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. {obeyed: or, believed}

John 8:24

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am {he}, ye shall die in your sins.

Matthew 24:11

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