Hello Again,
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Hello Again,
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michael the archangel is only mentioned in five bible verses.
revelation 12:7
therefore, here it is saying that when christ comes down from heaven he is accompanied by a loud shout, made with the voice of the archangel, and he is also accompanied by the trumpet call of god.
You Know, I have always wondered about this myself but I've never got the nerve to do the research. (Lazy me :@) I'm glad you did so now I just have to find time and read it.
..thanks for your work..
truth.ceeker
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Day 1
FRIDAY
9:50 Be Attentive To Jehovah's Promises Of Deliverance
Would you believe that this 20 minute talk was solely about being attentive to the program? Literally, there were 4 steps given to be attentive to Jehovah's provisions.
Step 1: EACH day, prepare your heart for the program.
Get enough rest and sleep and a good meal.
Focus on the program.
Fix the theme of the day in your mind.
Build anticipation for the talks.
Did you enjoy the musical preludes? (Yes, I'm serious)
What about your singing? Be attentive to the lyrics, think about their meaning.
Listen closely to the prayers.
Step 2: Keep your eyes on the platform, avoid being distracted.
Step 3: Keep in mind what is being said. Offer up to Jehovah a prayer for you to have inner peace so you can concentrate on the program.
Step 4: Make a checklist of points that touched you personally.
Also announced was that "the faithful and discreet slave have good reason for us to review the convention program."
All this, and the program hasn't even officially started yet. The speaker highlighted various talks over the three days - At 2:15pm on Saturday, the talk "Maintain a Scriptural View of Health Care" is a MANUSCRIPT talk - I have no idea what it could be about though. Seems that on Saturday morning, they are reusing the illustration of "the Birdcatcher" again.
10:20 Practice the Things that You Learned
Interview with several people, many youth among them about how last year's District Convention changed one aspect of their lives. One young brother who was studying music decided that after listening to the 2005 Drama: "Pursue Goals That Honor God", he would give up his studies and start pioneering.
SIDE NOTE
Throughout the day, there were many references as to how Jehovah "has already delivered his people." - this consists largely of peace of mind or being set free from Babylonish thinking - not the sort of deliverance as was seen at the Red Sea in the time of Moses.
So brothers and sisters, Jehovah has already delivered you? What are you complaining about? Get out and preach.
11:40 Keynote Address: Jehovah's Provisions for Our Everlasting Deliverance
The usual spiel about what Jehovah has done for us: bible based publications, elders (gifts in men) and that the counsel from the "faithful and discreet slave" is comparable to "waters of life" mentioned in Revelation.
After the song, the brother who dismissed us for lunch did a short infomercial on the musical preludes, stating that a new soundtrack had been made - same old melodies though. I don't get it with the preludes, every cinema and theater has some musical prelude, they don't go on and on about it.
2:15 Cherish Your Place In The Congregation
Have we found our place in Jehovah's arrangement, the congregation? Likened meetings and assemblies of ancient nation of Israel to meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses. Christ is the head and he has appointed the faithful and discreet slave, we should obey them in all things.
2:35 Jehovah Tenderly Cares For Older Ones
What a laugh I got out of this one - it seems the only possible way Jehovah can "tenderly care for older ones" is by giving them spiritual food and helping them get lifts to the Kingdom Hall. Speaker neglected to mention the Bethel administration kicking out the old timers because they're to expensive to keep.
Jehovah won't remove our physical complaints blah blah blah - of what good is it to get someone to the meeting and out on service when they're riddled with cancer?
Interview with several old timers who listed their complaints and then claimed Jehovah had delivered them.
3:45 Symposium: Jehovah - Provider Of Escape
The speaker mentioned that the "inner rooms" referred to by Ezekiel (I think) could very well refer to Kingdom Halls and we should run to them when Armaggedon breaks out.
4:45 No Opposing Weapon or Tongue Will Succeed - Given by Brother Max Larson of Brooklyn Bethel
Oh, and by the way, he's been in Bethel for 60 years - creature worship me thinks by the way they advertised this fact
Bro. Larson droned on about opposers and bans etc - never mentioned apostates though for some reason, or even half truths. Talked about Rutherford's time as a jail bird and even Malawi, where the brothers were beaten. Does he realize that he was probably instrumental in this?
GOD'S PEOPLE ARE UNDER ATTACK! (Quick everyone, get to the air-raid shelters)
Satan is angry that millions of sheep are accepting Jehovah God - adversary, roaring lion etc etc.
Framing trouble by decree - could the average brother explain what was just said?
Gross misrepresentations, smear campaign, slander (I think we do quite a good job actually)
Accusations that Jehovah's Witnesses have got around tax laws (anyone think of Jimmy Swaggert?
The governing body represent the anointed (do they even know the anointed by name? You would think that if you were anointed and going to serve Jah in heaven with the governing body, they might at least know your name.)
Satan is attacking the remnant and the great crowd.
Bro. Larson has a way of raising his voice towards the end of a sentence.
Saturday's notes will follow tomorrow.
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Day 2
SATURDAY
"Deliver Us From The Wicked One And From Every Sort Of Lawlessness" - Matt 6:13, Titus 2:14
9:50 Fortified Against Satan by Considering the Daily Text
Brothers, Jehovah is preparing us for a spiritual warfare by means of the daily text.
Classic phrase: Satan causes a veil of darkness to cover the mind of "professed Christians".
10:00 Symposium:
Continue in the Ministry - Deliver Those...Staggering to the Slaughter
When I heard this title I thought WTH? Staggering to the Slaughter? Speaker says that those "staggering" are the ones who need our message of salvation.
DEMONSTRATION: A brother, about 30 years old, who is single and cares only for himself is putting in just 2 Saturday's a month in field service and only staying out for an hour. He gets a shepherding call - elder is concerned about his hours and meeting attendance. After some soul searching, brother agrees to change his schedule, his attitude and view the ministry with more joy. He decides to work with some of the pioneers.
"Pioneers look so happy" the brother says to the elder, "I wish I could be that happy"
Elder encourages brother to develop a "sense of urgency."
Concluding comments: If we don't warn those who are "staggering" we will be blood guilty and accountable to Jehovah. Our ministry saves lives!
Continue in the Ministry - Pay Attention To Your Art of Teaching
Use the Bible more with the householder.
Householders may give you unscriptural viewpoints - do not correct them straight away, but allow the study to "mold their thinking.'
Keep it simple, teach with simplicity (not too difficult with the University of Awake! courses)
11:10 Delivered from the trap of the Birdcatcher - *** APOSTATE ALERT!!! ***
Satan is the Great Birdcatcher, always looking for a way to catch JW's. How does he do this?
Satan uses four methods:
1) Fear of man
2) Materialism - Get Rich Quick Schemes - speaker failed to mention any examples.
3) Entertainment
4) Personal differences and divisions
Other traps - Satan is cunning, he tries to ban the work - case of Ohio v Stratton mentioned (where JW's had to get a permit to preach)
DEMONSTRATION: A brother decides to search on the Internet for progress reports on the JW Hurricane Katrina relief work. He uses a search engine (not specified which search engine) and finds an article.
Then he says, "What's this? Negative talk about the Governing Body? I don't need this, the society mentioned about apostates opposing us on the Internet. I think I'll go to the official website of the Watchtower"
SIDE NOTE: The mention of searching for JW news articles on the Internet AND the mention of the brother finding NEGATIVE TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNING BODY is the FIRST example I have ever heard given of what a witness could find on the Internet about JW's and not just the usual "half-truths and apostate lies" mentioned.
It seems there is some desperation there - how many witnesses must have found out negative things concerning the Governing Body?
11:30 Searching Into the Deep Things of God
Many witnesses are content with the milk of God's word, preferring not to do deep Bible study and research.
Do you see a need for deep Bible study in your life?
12:20 Dedication and Baptism
Same old drivel - speaker announced that the youngest getting baptized was just 10 years old . My goodness, and they condemn Christendom's practice of infant baptism. What could a 10 year old really know about repentance, conversion and dedication?
INTERMISSION
SIDE NOTE: These attendants in the main foyer look ridiculous - they are walking up and down holding "Quiet Please" and "Keep Moving" signs.
2:15 Keep A Scriptural View of Health Care
This was a MANUSCRIPT talk.
Reasonable concern for health care is practical and beneficial.
We should have a realistic attitude about our health care and accept our limitations - some health problems will only be solved when God's new system arrives.
Follow example of Paul, who supposedly had an eye affliction - three times he entreated the Lord to remove the affliction, but the Lord said, "My power is being made perfect in weakness."
Timothy had stomach problems - Paul suggested a "little wine"
Our choice of therapies matters to Jehovah - some are pursuing questionable therapies (again, no examples mentioned)
Dangers of blood, blood derivatives and the occult in helping with our health problems.
Avoid obsession with health care - it can detract from spiritual things and slow you down in meeting attendance and the Christian ministry
Could lead to us being self-centered Philippians 2:3, 4
Be determined not to forfeit Jehovah's (WT's) approval by making use of unscriptural healthcare.
Have you read some of the life stories in the WT where elderly ones prayed to Jehovah, forgot their health problems and zealous pursued the ministry?
2:55 Foresee the Calamity And Conceal Yourself
A whole 20 minutes on the dangers of pornography, alcoholism, materialism and flirting
3:45 Maintain a Three-fold cord in Marriage
Lot of marriages failing among Jehovah's people - divorce brought up almost any time there are big problems.
4:10 Young People, Remember Now, Your Grand Creator *** Higher Education Bashing Alert ***
This whole article was nothing to do with remembering your grand creator but on the evils of higher education.
Brothers, would we pay an individual thousands of dollars to tell us how we can improve our life? Yet, some of you are paying thousands of dollars going to university.
Speaker mentioned 2005 WT about the dangers of higher education: Can our studies take us away from Kingdom interests? What about the immoral campus scene?
Are we making our best efforts to put the ministry first?
Interview: Two youths in their 20s who forsook a college education and engaged in the regular pioneer work.
SIDE NOTE: This is sick - they don't even let the youth make a decision about what he/she wants to do with their life. The youth HAS NO CHOICE in the matter. Doctor, dentist, nurse, technician, professor - forget it, just leave high school, get a crappy job and pioneer.
The only time someone could pursue education is to advance Kingdom interests.
Quote of the day: "Wise young people do not allow Higher Education to govern their thinking!"
4:35 Are You Living With Jehovah's Day In Mind?
Final talk -
A sense of urgency should permeate every aspect of our lives. We are deep in the time of the end. Deliverance is at hand! (Waits for seals to clap)
How long have we been waiting on Jehovah for deliverance? Some of us have waited for a few years, others for decades. Are you willing to wait patiently on Jehovah for deliverance?
New book release which summarizes the sayings and doings of the 12 minor prophets and how their prophecies find fulfillment in our day. I will be doing a separate post on this.
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Day 3
KNOW THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR
When is the Kingdom coming? Why is it always near but never here ? These are the questions I ask myself when listening to the endless "Deliverance at hand!" comments.
9:50 Examining the Scriptures Daily Renews Our Sense of Urgency
Yes, the times are urgent - so urgent that the Watchtower has been proclaiming the end of the system since 1879.
"Brothers and sisters - now is not the time to lose our sense of urgency and risk spiritual drowsiness."
"We are living deep in the time of the end."
So, what are time period are we living in? The "last days" or "the time of the end"? I don't think they can quite figure out which.
The next few talks were boring - nothing notable was said.
As usual, the dubs look forward to the drama. And what a drama it was. Plenty of thinly veiled threats of death and destruction for those that have "an independent spirit"
11:10 Accept Jehovah's Authority - Reject An Independent Spirit
This 20 minute talk was about not ignoring the counsel from Jehovah's appointed ones - the "faithful and discreet slave" and the elders.
"This form of independence is truly a curse."
Trust in Jehovah, accept counsel from the faithful and discreet slave and the overseers, that they may not be sighing over you.
Overseers love Jehovah and they love you.
Speaker said that many false prophets have gone into the world (never a truer word was said by this fellow - he is talking about himself)
Disgruntled ones resist the counsel of the elders and can tear down a congregation.
Do not yield to disgruntled ones, those who complain about how things are done.
Diotrephes likes to have first place among the brothers.
We must subject ourselves whole heartedly to Jehovah.
Don't listen to the voice of strangers. (Where have we heard this one before?)
11:30 DRAMA: To Whose Authority Do You Submit?
Perhaps the most anticipated part of the convention program.
I can't be bothered to spell the strange names of the characters in this drama, but the situation was where Jeroboam was King of the southern Kingdom of Israel and Rehoboam was King of the Northern tribes. Jeroboam had kicked out all the Levitical priests because they didn't agree with calf worship.
Scene begins with two brothers arguing over why they should go to Jerusalem to worship Jehovah when King Jeroboam had made a golden calf in their hometown - for convenience. One brother says, "why do we need to go to Jerusalem when we can worship Jehovah here?" He then tells his brother who has reprimanded him for using an image to worship Jehovah, that "we should obey the King, you don't know the law."
The drama had thinly veiled references to situations in our time - the brother with the independent spirit in the drama said there were "too many festivals" (too many meetings) and "I can't worship Jehovah today in Jerusalem, I have my business to attend to." (Do not miss Friday of the convention)
Lots of arguing back and forth
Jeroboam is accepting anyone as a priest if they pay for the position. One prominent person pays to become a priest and expects to be waited on - two of his foot soldiers put a robe on him.
A man of the true God comes in and tells off the King for worshipping a golden calf and for taking up the duties of a Levite priest. Man of the true God makes it known he cannot go back the way he came, nor can he eat or drink in this place.
Jeroboam begins a sacrifice and the altar splits in half (cheap effects) and his hand withers up.
The King pleads for the "man of the true God" to make his hand whole again, and the hand promptly returns to normal.
The two brothers who were observing the sacrifice go and tell their father what happened. Their father is also happens a prophet.
Prophet asks the brothers to invite the man of the true God round to his house for dinner, DESPITE knowing the man of the true God cannot eat or drink.
As it happens, the prophet accepts the dinner invite, goes round to the old dude's house and has a sumptuous feast - the host has an apparent fit and then tells his guest he will die
for disobeying Jehovah's instructions.
Man of the true God promptly stuffs his face before leaving, gets crushed by a lion and the host gets upset hearing this news! Tells his brothers that he wants to be buried by the
prophets bones upon his death.
A very strange account, I never liked this.
Drama was basically telling us that we had to listen to what the Society says and obey them.
Concluding comments by myself
It seems as if the Society is more desperate than it has even been in its 127 year history. They actually mentioned in a demo about a brother surfing the web for JW reports on the Hurricane Katrina relief work and finding negative talk about the Governing Body . They bashed higher education repeatedly. They tell us we should listen to the FDS and not question them. Do we have the pioneer spirit? Are we carrying out our ministry to the best of our ability?
The effect they want to have on us is not the effect they will get. While people clap for each talk and look like they agree with everything said, we all know there is a deep malaise in the organization. They are losing their young people and many, many more are wising up to what the WTS is all about, thanks to the Internet.
The Internet and freedom of information is what the Watchtower Society fear most. They can stop witnesses from talking to dis-fellowshipped ones. They can enforce punishment and shunning. But they cannot stop what is happening, and that is Witnesses of all backgrounds researching the Society or accidentally learning something about them by means of the Internet.
You are having an effect on their progress - growth is slowing. They had a 1.3 % increase for the 2004/2005 service year, the lowest in decades.
People are learning and they are leaving.
Even if they can't leave because of family ties, such as myself, they are unproductive and unfruitful because of what they know. They don't contribute towards the World Wide Work, they make up their hours and they don't study for meetings.
This board has been around for 6 years. Everyone who has come here, has been affected by this board in some way.
There have been differences on this forum between people, but the fact is we owe Simon a huge thank you, for without this board many would still be in the cult.
One brother once said to me, "be the change you want to see" - I think many here who are still in and in some cases in the "intimate groups of the Brooklyn hierachy" are doing their part to ensure that this organization will be forced to change their destructive policies.
Only lawsuits and the loss of money will force this religion to change. There is no chance of reform, for that would be an admission of defeat on the part of the Governing Body, but this religion is slowly coming apart at the seams. Reform is also impossible because the system works for them.
Some may say that the WTS will always be here - maybe that's true, but time and their chronological dates (1914, 1935) are not on their side.
Thanks to everyone for their comments during my last DC notes.
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Please note that all credit should be given to truthseeker as he had to endure three days of this so that the rest of us will not have to.
is it your purpose to save people from living a hellish life if they become a jehovah's witness?
you think you'll cure the world of divorce after you annihilate the jehovah's witnesses?
what is your story?.
This is so disturbing on many levels. From the tone of the letters, the sender appears to be caught in a mental loop that he cannot break out of. My wife and I have run into so called witnesses such as he. One sister said she could never wear skirts as short as my wife and always looked down on her. Well guess what, a couple of years later and she is divorced, had plastic surgery on her breasts and is now dancing for a living. I don't judge what a person does to earn a wage, but I do have something against someone who judges me or my family and then turns around and does something similar or worse. It goes to show how pent up jw's really are and how they are trying to live a double life. Because they know deep down inside they either don't fully believe or don't want to. There are many more life experiences on the same line, but you get the idea. Kudos to you for your efforts in helping this poor soul see the truth. Whether he sees it now or later, you will have planted the seed of light, and that is about all we can do, only GOD can make it grow as he knows the heart.
..my two cents..
truth.ceeker
with two thirds of my sentence complete, i am almost ready for parole.. there was some unbelievable stuff said today - i think there must be some sort of hallucinogenic gas coming through the ac, because no one batted an eyelid over what was said from the platform.. as usual, i will highlight the main talks.. .
saturday.
"deliver us from the wicked one and from every sort of lawlessness" - matt 6:13, titus 2:14. .
Hello truthseeker,
Thanks for posting this stuff and enduring three torturous days (GB is twisting scriptures and doctrines in order to lead peoples' minds to their side of thinking. When I just sit through it piece by piece, day by day, it doesn't really sink in how wrong they are, but taking a step back and seeing the whole, really puts things into perspective.
Keep up the fine work!
..truth.ceeker..
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the spin on downsizing is apparently "go out into the field" yet when the gb initially considered this it must have been presented as a practical problem - too much surplus hr capacity/ too expensive to maintain - or whatever and yet they turned it into a positive matter by stressing the return to the field - all those in such discussions are clearly able to deceive themselves as much as they try and deceive the "flock" - what do you think - did a discussion on a practical problem have to have a positive outcome and how did they twist their minds so as to sell it as such - for years they begged people to stay in bethel service (make it your home for life) and now they cast them out into the world with the thin veneer of "speedin g up the preaching work .. etc".
all those at the top must have been involved in turning this huge embarrasment (jehovah will provide etc) into a positive spin - they should try out for a marketing award "downsizing - the only way to grow!
Does anyone know what the going rate is for an SAP contractor? My guess is about $45-$65 per hour for the low end and about $120-$160 per hour for the high end?? Then again, if someone were to donate their time for implementation and development and support, the WTBTS could save money and only spend it on the software and hardware, then again, they could get a good discount on the software if they had someone on the inside who could work deals, or something like being a beta or test site for SAP to try out new versions and modules.
My experience when learning about how companies get these larges software implementation is that someone high up has some type of connections to the software vendor and many times there are 'incentives' to both parties.
If the WTBTS begins to go the route of outsourcing many of their in-house functions, they could save 'potential' dollars as not having liability of legal action by volunteers. But their initial cash flow out would be greater at first in order to get the job done. I'm not sure what type of insurance they have, but I have to reason that the insurance companies are always looking out for themselves and if they were following court cases and then run some analysis with their insurees, they would most likely raise premiums in order to protect themselves against potential lawsuits. So the WTBTS may be trying to keep their insurance rates low by taking these somewhat extreme actions.
All in all, it seems that their pocketbook is more precious to them than their people. Go figure.
truth.ceeker
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the spin on downsizing is apparently "go out into the field" yet when the gb initially considered this it must have been presented as a practical problem - too much surplus hr capacity/ too expensive to maintain - or whatever and yet they turned it into a positive matter by stressing the return to the field - all those in such discussions are clearly able to deceive themselves as much as they try and deceive the "flock" - what do you think - did a discussion on a practical problem have to have a positive outcome and how did they twist their minds so as to sell it as such - for years they begged people to stay in bethel service (make it your home for life) and now they cast them out into the world with the thin veneer of "speedin g up the preaching work .. etc".
all those at the top must have been involved in turning this huge embarrasment (jehovah will provide etc) into a positive spin - they should try out for a marketing award "downsizing - the only way to grow!
I have seen this trend as well being in the IT contracting business for about nine years now. One of my last projects was at Nike, and they got around this by hiring contractors for only nine months at a time then a forced leave of 30 days was placed where the contractor could not work at the company. After the 30 days had completed, the contractor was eligible to be re-contracted doing the same work. I thought I heard about a case in northern California, where a temp/contract worker sued for benefits and won, since he was a contractor for 6-9 years, he received quite a large settlement from the firm and ever since then, IT firms have changed their practices regarding contractors.
..my past experiences..
truth.ceeker
something just occured to me: .
we all know that "parousia" doesn`t mean "invisble presence" at all, it just means "presence", but think about the inlogical...ness about the whole jw-doctrine on 1914. my question is: what is jesus` job really, up there in heaven?
- he "took reign" and was "given the throne" in 1914. but what does that mean, really?
Wow, that is really simple to follow and thanks for sharing your viewpoint! I hadn't really looked at it liked that, but since I can now, it makes the teachings of the WTBTS even more preposterous.
I believe that GOD is not trying to trick us with word riddles and puzzles in order to challenge us so our attempt at learning the truth about him is futile. He wants us to learn about him and do what is right as any father would want their children to do good things and make his heart happy. I know that Jesus taught some of his followers in parables so as to drive a point home, but his audience were simple people, unlearned, and not of the educated status of those of the Pharisee and Sadducees. His teachings should not be overly burdensome to us.
For example look at the ten commandments, they were spelled out very simply and many of the laws of Moses' time were clearly spelled out, like Don't do this or Don't do that. Even Jesus, when asked which of the laws were the most important, replied
Mat 22:36
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?Mat 22:37
And Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind." Deut. 6:5Mat 22:38
This is the first and great commandment.Mat 22:39
And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Lev. 19:18Mat 22:40
On these two commandments all the Law and the Prophets hang.Why is it that the WTBTS is so adamant about trying to prove certain words should be this or that when they miss the principle of the matter. I think they may have had good intentions at one time, but as with many earthly things of man, they are soon corrupted and now have no resemblance to what the original idea was.
..my two cents..
truth.ceeker
yes, you heard me correctly.
i was born in jw land.
i didnt do the fade i didnt have to.
Hello,
That was a good post. I'll have to remember that bit of info. By the way, where can I watch this video? A link or file would be great! TIA!
..truth.ceeker..
well everybody, it has been accomplished.
i have revealed my feelings to the elder i talked about in some of my last posts.
things didn't go so well, but i dosn't really matter now.
Luk 21:8
(ALT)
So He said, "Be watching [that] you* are not led astray [fig., deceived] . For many will come in My name, saying, '_I_ am,' and 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore, do not go after them. (ASV) And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he ; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them. (BBE) And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them. (Bishops) And he sayde: Take heede, that ye be not deceaued. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christe, and the tyme draweth neare. Folowe ye them not therfore. (CEV) Jesus replied: Don't be fooled by those who will come and claim to be me. They will say, "I am Christ!" and "Now is the time!" But don't follow them. (Darby) And he said, See that ye be not led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying, *I* am he , and the time is drawn nigh: go ye not therefore after them. (DRB) Who said: Take heed you be not seduced: for many will come in my name, saying: I am he and the time is at hand. Go ye not therefore after them. (EMTV) And He said: "Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them. (ESV) And he said, "See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is at hand!' Do not go after them. (Geneva) And he sayd, Take heede, that ye be not deceiued: for many will come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and the time draweth neere: followe ye not them therefore. (GNB) Jesus said, "Watch out; don't be fooled. Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, 'I am he!' and, 'The time has come!' But don't follow them. (GW) Jesus said, "Be careful that you are not deceived. Many will come using my name. They will say, 'I am he!' and 'The time is near.' Don't follow them! (ISV) He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name and say, 'I am he' and 'The time is near.' Don't go after them. (JPS) (KJV) And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. (KJV+) And 1161 he 3588 said, 2036 Take heed 991 that ye be not 3361 deceived: 4105 for 1063 many 4183 shall come 2064 in 1909 my 3450 name, 3686 saying, 3004 I 1473 am 1510 Christ ; and 2532 the 3588 time 2540 draweth near: 1448 go 4198 ye not 3361 therefore 3767 after 3694 them. 846 (KJV-1611) And he said, Take heede that yee be not deceiued: for many shall come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and the time draweth neere: goe yee not therefore after them. (KJVA) And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. (KJVR) And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. (LITV) And He said, Watch that you not be led astray. For many will come on My name, saying, I AM! Also, The time has come! Do not go after them. (MKJV) And He said, Take heed that you are not deceived, for many shall come in My name, saying, I AM! Also, The time has come! Do not go after them. (Murdock) And he said to them: See, that ye be not deceived; for many will come in my name, and will say: I am Messiah and the time is near. But go ye not after them. (RV) And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he ; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them. (Webster) And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the time draweth near: therefore go ye not after them. (WNT) "See to it," He replied, "that you are not misled; for many will come assuming my name and professing, 'I am He,' or saying, 'The time is close at hand.' Do not go and follow them. (YLT) And he said, `See--ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying--I am he , and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;