Mark 13:22 “For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and…”

Mark 13:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

American Standard Version

for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect.

Geneva Bible 1599

For false Christes shall rise, and false prophets, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceiue if it were possible the very elect.

Darby Translation

For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and give signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Young's Literal Translation

for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;

Bible in Basic English

Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

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Cross references

“if it”

Matthew 24:24 2 Thessalonians 2:8–14 Mark 13:6 1 John 2:26 1 John 2:19 Revelation 17:8

Matthew 24:24 · BSB

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

2 Thessalonians 2:8–14 · BSB

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

Mark 13:6 · BSB

Many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.

1 John 2:26 · BSB

I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

1 John 2:19 · BSB

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

Revelation 17:8 · BSB

The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation…

Also

Matthew 7:15 John 4:48

Matthew 7:15 · BSB

Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

John 4:48 · BSB

Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

23So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.

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