Deuteronomy 13:1-5

EasyEnglish Bible

False prophets

13 One day, you may have a prophet among you who tells you what will happen in the future. He may have dreams about what will happen. He may promise to do miracles to show that he is right. ² He may say that you should start to worship other gods that you did not know about before. The miracles may happen, as he promised, ³ but do not listen to that prophet's message. The Lord your God is using this person to test your thoughts. He wants to know if you really love him in everything that you think and everything that you do. ⁴ You must serve only the Lord your God and respect him with fear. You must obey his commands and serve him faithfully. ⁵ You must punish that false prophet with death. He has told you to turn against the Lord your God. The Lord rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. But the false prophet has tried to turn you away from the way of life that the Lord your God has commanded. So you must remove all evil things like that from among you.