Matthew 7:15

“Beware of false teachers – people who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14For the gate is small, and the road narrow, that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

16By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

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Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:13-15

The Sermon on the Mount. 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Our Lord Jesus here presses upon us that righteousness towards men which is an essential branch of true… Read the whole commentary →

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