Matthew 24:11

THE MESSAGE

"In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Many false prophets

King James Version (1611)
And many false Prophets shall rise, and shall deceiue many.

King James Version
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

English Standard Version
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

New American Standard Bible
"And many false prophets will rise up and mislead many people.

New Century Version
Many false prophets will come and cause many people to believe lies.

Amplified Bible
"Many false prophets will appear and mislead many.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

Legacy Standard Bible
Many false prophets will arise and will deceive many.

Berean Standard Bible
and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.

Contemporary English Version
Many false prophets will come and fool a lot of people.

Complete Jewish Bible
many false prophets will appear and fool many people;

Darby Translation
and many false prophets shall arise and shall mislead many;

Easy-to-Read Version
Many false prophets will come and cause many people to believe things that are wrong.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And many false prophets shall arise, & shall deceiue many.

George Lamsa Translation
And many false prophets will rise, and will mislead a great many.

Good News Translation
Then many false prophets will appear and fool many people.

Lexham English Bible
and many false prophets will appear and will deceive many,

Literal Translation
And many false prophets will be raised and will cause many to err.

American Standard Version
And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

Bible in Basic English
And a number of false prophets will come, causing error.

Hebrew Names Version
Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

International Standard Version
Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people,Matthew 4:5,24; 7:15; Acts 20:29; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Peter 2:1;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And many lying prophets shall stand up, and shall delude the multitudes.

Murdock Translation
And many false prophets will rise up; and they will deceive many.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And many false prophetes shall aryse, and shall deceaue many.

English Revised Version
And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

World English Bible
Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many.

Weymouth's New Testament
Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And many false prophetis schulen rise, and disseyue manye.

Update Bible Version
And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

Webster's Bible Translation
And many false prophets will rise, and will deceive many.

New English Translation
And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

New King James Version
Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.

New Living Translation
And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.

New Life Bible
Many false religious teachers will come. They will fool many people and will turn them to the wrong way.

New Revised Standard
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, many false prophets, will arise, and deceive, many;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And many false prophets shall rise and shall seduce many.

Revised Standard Version
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And many falce Prophetes shall aryse and shall deceave many.

Young's Literal Translation
`And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And many false prophetes shal aryse, and shal disceaue many:

Mace New Testament (1729)
many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Simplified Cowboy Version
And a lot of snake-oil salesmen will come and lead many people down the wrong trail.

Contextual Overview

⁴Jesus said, "Watch out for doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities, claiming, ‘I am Christ, the Messiah.' They will deceive a lot of people. When reports come in of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don't panic. This is routine history; this is no sign of the end. Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Famines and earthquakes will occur in various places. This is nothing compared to what is coming. ⁹"They are going to throw you to the wolves and kill you, everyone hating you because you carry my name. And then, going from bad to worse, it will be dog-eat-dog, everyone at each other's throat, everyone hating each other. ¹¹"In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes. ¹³"Staying with it—that's what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry, and you'll be saved. All during this time, the good news—the Message of the kingdom—will be preached all over the world, a witness staked out in every country. And then the end will come. ¹⁵"But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you've read Daniel, you'll know what I'm talking about. If you're living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you're working in the yard, don't return to the house to get anything; if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Hope and pray this won't happen during the winter or on a Sabbath. ²¹"This is going to be trouble on a scale beyond what the world has ever seen, or will see again. If these days of trouble were left to run their course, nobody would make it. But on account of God's chosen people, the trouble will be cut short. ²³"If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, ‘Here's the Messiah!' or points, ‘There he is!' don't fall for it. Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. But I've given you fair warning. ²⁶"So if they say, ‘Run to the country and see him arrive!' or, ‘Quick, get downtown, see him come!' don't give them the time of day. The Arrival of the Son of Man isn't something you go to see. He comes like swift lightning to you! Whenever you see crowds gathering, think of carrion vultures circling, moving in, hovering over a rotting carcass. You can be quite sure that it's not the living Son of Man pulling in those crowds. ²⁹ "Following those hard times, Sun will fade out, moon cloud over, Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble. ³⁰"Then, the Arrival of the Son of Man! It will fill the skies—no one will miss it. Unready people all over the world, outsiders to the splendor and power, will raise a huge lament as they watch the Son of Man blazing out of heaven. At that same moment, he'll dispatch his angels with a trumpet-blast summons, pulling in God's chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 24:5, Matthew 24:24, Matthew 7:15, Mark 13:22, Acts 20:30, 1 Timothy 4:1, 2 Peter 2:1, 1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:26, 1 John 4:1, Jude 1:4, Revelation 19:20

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:1 - a prophet Nehemiah 6:14 - on the prophetess Mark 13:6 - and shall Luke 21:8 - Take Romans 16:18 - by 1 Corinthians 15:33 - Be Ephesians 4:14 - by the 2 Thessalonians 2:11 - that

Cross-References

Exodus 2:16
The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, filling the troughs and watering their father's sheep. When some shepherds came and chased the girls off, Moses came to their rescue and helped them water their sheep.

1 Samuel 9:11
As they were climbing up the hill into the town, they met some girls who were coming out to draw water. They said to them, "Is this where the Seer lives?"

Proverbs 12:10
Good people are good to their animals; the "good-hearted" bad people kick and abuse them.

John 4:7
A woman, a Samaritan, came to draw water. Jesus said, "Would you give me a drink of water?" (His disciples had gone to the village to buy food for lunch.)

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And many false prophets shall rise,.... Out of, from among the churches of Christ; at least under the name of Christians; for false teachers are here meant, men of heretical principles, pretending to a spirit of prophecy, and to new revelations, and a better understanding of the Scriptures; such as Simon Magus, Ebion, and Cerinthus, who denied the proper deity, and real humanity of Christ; Carpocrates, and the Gnostics his followers, the Nicolaitans, Hymcneus, Philetus, and others:

and shall deceive many: as they all of them had their followers, and large numbers of them, whose faith was subverted by them; and who followed their pernicious ways, being imposed upon and seduced by their fair words, specious pretences, and licentious practices.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And many false prophets - Many men pretending to be prophets or foretellers of future events. This refers not to the false “Messiahs” of which he had spoken Matthew 24:5, but to prophets who should appear during the siege of the city. Of them Josephus says: “The tyrannical zealots who ruled the city suborned “many false prophets” to declare that aid would be given to the people from heaven. This was done to prevent them from attempting to desert, and to inspire confidence in God.” - “Jewish Wars,” b. 6 chapter 5, section 2, 3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 24:11. False prophets — Also were to be raised up; such as Simon Magus and his followers; and the false apostles complained of by St. Paul, 2 Corinthians 11:13, who were deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. Such also were Hymeneus and Philetus, 2 Timothy 2:17-18.