Matthew 24:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Messiah,' and will deceive many.

New Living Translation
for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many.

English Standard Version
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.

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

New American Standard Bible
For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many people.

NASB 1995
"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.

NASB 1977
“For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.

Amplified Bible
For many will come in My name [misusing it, and appropriating the strength of the name which belongs to Me], saying, ‘I am the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed),’ and they will mislead many.

Christian Standard Bible
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Messiah,' and they will deceive many.

Contemporary English Version
Many will come and claim to be me. They will say they are the Messiah, and they will fool many people.

Good News Translation
Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, 'I am the Messiah!' and they will fool many people.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Many will come using my name. They will say, 'I am the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

International Standard Version
because many will come in my name and say, 'I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

NET Bible
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

New King James Version
For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

King James 2000 Bible
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

New Heart English Bible
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

World English Bible
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

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

American Standard Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

A Faithful Version
For many shall come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ'; and they shall deceive many.

Darby Bible Translation
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall mislead many.

English Revised Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

Webster's Bible Translation
For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and will deceive many.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christe: and shall deceaue many.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For there shal many come in my name, and saye: I am Christ, and shal disceaue many.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For many shall come in my name sayinge: I am Christ and shall deceave many.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for many will come in My Name, saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray,

Berean Literal Bible
For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

Young's Literal Translation
for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,

Smith's Literal Translation
For many shall come upon my name, saying, I am Christ; and deceive many.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Christ; and they will cause many to wander.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ: and they will seduce many.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For many will come in my name saying, ‘I am the Christ.’ And they will lead many astray.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For many will come in my name, and they will say. 'I AM THE LIVING GOD, The Messiah', and they will deceive many.”

Lamsa Bible
For many will come in my name, and say, I am the Christ, and they will deceive many.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and will deceive many.

Godbey New Testament
For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and they will deceive many.

Haweis New Testament
For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Messiah; and shall deceive multitudes.

Mace New Testament
for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ: and shall deceive many.

Weymouth New Testament
"for many will come assuming my name and saying 'I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.

Worrell New Testament
for many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

Worsley New Testament
for many shall come in my name saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.
















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