Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
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Study Note
Jesus' warning about false prophets who 'come in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravening wolves' employs a shepherd-flock metaphor that draws on extensive Old Testament prophetic critique of false shepherds (Ezekiel 34; Jeremiah 23; Zechariah 11). The epistemological challenge — that external appearance conceals internal predatory intent — is addressed by the fruit-criterion in verses 16–20, shifting the test of a prophet from charismatic credentials to moral-communal outcomes. Paul employs comparable wolf imagery in Acts 20:29–30, warning the Ephesian elders that 'grievous wolves' will enter the flock after his departure — evidence that this prophetic topos persisted in early Christian leadership discourse. The Sermon on the Mount's placement of this warning just before the passage about those who say 'Lord, Lord' (vv. 21–23) suggests that performative religiosity is the wolf's particular disguise.
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Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
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