Mark 13:5
And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
KJV
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς· βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ.
Greek NT
Et respondens Jesus cœpit dicere illis : Videte ne quis vos seducat :
Vulgate
And Jesus began to say unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
ASV
And Jesus answering, began to say to them: Take heed lest any man deceive you.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πλανάω
planao
verb · 39×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς | RP: ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς ἤρξατο λέγειν
- ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς — SBLGNT
- ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς ἤρξατο λέγειν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2John 1:8 — Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
- Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- Eph 5:6 — Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- Eph 5:6 — Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- Jer 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
- Jer 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
- Luke 21:8 — 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.
- Mark 13:9 — But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against t
- Mark 13:23 — But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
- Matt 24:4 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.