# Matthew 24.6

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Take heed that no man lead you astray.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.</span>
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> **6. <span class="rl-speech">And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.</span>**
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> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things are the beginning of travail.</span> (Matthew 24:4-8, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 4. Jesus answered them, <span class="rl-speech">“Be careful that no one leads you astray.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.</span>
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> **6. <span class="rl-speech">You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.</span>**
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> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.</span> (Matthew 24:4-8, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Take heed that no man deceive you.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.</span>
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> **6. <span class="rl-speech">And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.</span>**
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> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">All these are the beginning of sorrows.</span> (Matthew 24:4-8, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 4. And Jesus answering said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Take heed that no one may lead you astray,</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,</span>
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> **6. <span class="rl-speech">and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all [these] to come to pass, but the end is not yet.</span>**
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> 7. <span class="rl-speech">'For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places;</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">and all these [are] the beginning of sorrows;</span> (Matthew 24:4-8, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [God and the Killing of Children](/codex/god-and-the-killing-of-children/), via [Matthew 24.1-22](/codex/matthew-24-1-22/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 24](/codex/matthew-24/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G5056 - telos](/codex/g5056-telos/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.