Matthew 7:15 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 7:15

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

KJV

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ASV

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

WEB

Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

YLT

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

DBT

But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Peter 2:1–3
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Matthew 24:11
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Colossians 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.
Mark 13:22–23
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

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We have need to be very cautious, because their pretences are very fair and plausible, and such as will deceive us, if we be not upon our guard. They come in sheep's clothing, in the habit of prophets, which was plain and coarse, and unwrought; they wear a rough garment to deceive, Zech. xiii. Elijah's mantle the Septuagint calls he melote -- a sheep-skin mantle.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

2Pe 2:1, 2). which come to you in sheep's clothing--with a bland, gentle, plausible exterior; persuading you that the gate is not strait nor the way narrow, and that to teach so is illiberal and bigoted--precisely what the old prophets did (Eze 13:1-10, 22). but inwardly they are ravening wolves--bent on devouring the flock for their own ends (2Co 11:2, 3, 13-15).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Beware of false prophets - Who in their preaching describe a broad way to heaven: it is their prophesying, their teaching the broad way, rather than their walking in it themselves, that is here chiefly spoken of. All those are false prophets, who teach any other way than that our Lord hath here marked out.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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MAT 7:151JN 4:1 1TI 4:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 7:151JN 4:1 1TH 5:21
MAT 7:151JN 4:1 2PE 2:1
MAT 7:151JN 4:1 2JN 1:7
MAT 7:151JN 4:1 PRO 14:15
MAT 7:15MAT 24:11 MAT 24:24
MAT 7:15MAT 24:11 MAT 24:5
MAT 7:15MAT 24:11 MRK 13:22

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