He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he†,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 21:8 in context
Luke 21:5–11
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As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
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“As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
7
They asked him, “Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”
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He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he†,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.
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When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.”
10
Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
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