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The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
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Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
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For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.
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and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
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For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
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“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
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So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
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but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
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adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
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Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
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Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many.
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For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
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He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
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When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
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Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”
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“You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted.
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“You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?
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They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
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“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
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For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
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For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
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Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
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Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men
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Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
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But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
