Matthew 24:26 Cross References - Moffatt

²⁶ If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it.

¹ In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea, ² during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert; ³ and he went into all the Jordan-district preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins —

³⁸ "Then you are not the Egyptian who in days gone by raised the four thousand assassins and led them out into the desert?"