Mat 7:15, 24:11, Luk 6:26, 2Pe 2:1, 1Jo 4:1 | ESV | STEP | Beware of false prophets , who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves .

a ch. 24:11, 24; Deut. 13:1-3; Jer. 14:14; 23:16; Mark 13:22; Luke 6:26; Acts 13:6; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 4:1

b Ezek. 22:27; Acts 20:29; [Mic. 3:5; John 10:12]

e[John 15:19; 17:14; James 4:4; 1 John 4:5]

f Jer. 5:31; [Isa. 30:10; Mic. 2:11]

gSee Matt. 7:15

h Deut. 13:1; See Matt. 7:15

i Acts 20:30; 2 Cor. 11:13; 1 Tim. 4:1; [Matt. 24:11]

j Jude 4; [Matt. 10:33; Gal. 2:4]

k 1 Cor. 6:20; 7:23; Gal. 3:13; 4:5; Rev. 5:9; [Ex. 15:16; 1 Pet. 1:18; Rev. 14:3, 4]

m 1 Thess. 5:21; [1 Cor. 12:10; 14:29; Rev. 2:2]

Matthew 7:15

A Tree and Its Fruit

15 ^a“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ^bravenous wolves.

Matthew 24:11

11 And many ^cfalse prophets will arise ^dand lead many astray.

Luke 6:26

26 “Woe to you, ^ewhen all people speak well of you, for ^fso their fathers did to ^gthe false prophets.

2 Peter 2:1

False Prophets and Teachers

1 But ^hfalse prophets also arose among the people, ⁱjust as there will be false teachers among you, who will ^jsecretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master ^kwho bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

1 John 4:1

Test the Spirits

1 Beloved, ^ldo not believe every spirit, but ^mtest the spirits to see whether they are from God, for ⁿmany ^ofalse prophets ^phave gone out into the world.

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