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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Matthew 7:15 - 7:15
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Beware - But beware.
of false prophets - that is, of teachers coming as authorized expounders of the mind of God and guides to heaven. (See Act 20:29, Act 20:30; 2Pe 2:1, 2Pe 2:2).
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, Eze 13:22).
but inwardly they are ravening wolves - bent on devouring the flock for their own ends (2Co 11:2, 2Co 11:3, 2Co 11:13-15).