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24 For false messiahs[a] and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 Remember,[b] I have told you ahead of time. 26 So then, if someone[c] says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’[d] do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:24 tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
  2. Matthew 24:25 tn Or “Pay attention!” Grk “Behold.”
  3. Matthew 24:26 tn Grk “they say.” The third person plural is used here as an indefinite and translated “someone” (ExSyn 402).
  4. Matthew 24:26 tn Or “in the desert.”