aSee Deut. 13:1-11
cch. 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
gSee Matt. 7:15
Zechariah 13:3-4
3And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, a‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.4“On that day bevery prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,
Matthew 7:15
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 c“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are dravenous wolves.Luke 6:26
26“Woe to you, ewhen all people speak well of you, for fso their fathers did to gthe false prophets.Romans 16:18
18For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but htheir own appetites, ▼▼Greek their own belly
and jby smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
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