Matthew 24:5-12 For many false teachers will come, claiming to be me, and saying, ‘I am the Christ i.e., God’s specially chosen one’ and they will lead many people away from the truth.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ For many [false teachers] will come, claiming to be me, and saying, ‘I am the Christ [i.e., God’s specially chosen one]’ and they will lead many people away [from the truth]. ⁶ And you will hear of wars [going on] and rumors of [other] wars [pending]. Do not worry, for such things must necessarily happen. But the end has not yet come. [Note: By “the end” here Jesus probably alludes to the downfall of Jerusalem, in AD 70, with its attending destruction of the Temple buildings]. ⁷ For nations will wage war against one another, and kingdoms will attack one another. And famines and earthquakes will occur at various places [in the world]. ⁸ But all these things are [only] the beginning of terrible times. ⁹ At that time people will turn you over [to the authorities] for persecution and will [even] kill you. And people from all countries will hate you for being loyal to me. ¹⁰ And then many people will fall away [from God] and they will turn one another over [i.e., to the authorities for punishment], and they will hate one another. ¹¹ And many false prophets will appear and will lead many people away [from the truth]. ¹² And because sin will abound, many people will grow cold in their love [for one another].