1 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a zsign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is atesting you, to know whether you blove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him. 5 But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams cshall be put to death, because he has dtaught rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. eSo you shall fpurge the evil1 from your midst.
20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or1 who speaks in the name of other gods, wthat same prophet shall die.’
14 And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying alies in my name. bI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit cof their own minds.
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions qof their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 v“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wwolves.
11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain pmagician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
Test the Spirits
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but mtest the spirits to see whether they are from God, for nmany false prophets have gone out into the world.
