Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. The warning about false prophets follows naturally from the two-ways teaching: the narrow way has those who claim to be guides but are actually leading toward destruction. The sheep's clothing is the external presentation of harmlessness and belonging; the ravenous wolf is the internal reality of predatory self-interest. Ezekiel 34 describes false shepherds who exploit the flock; Acts 20:29–30 warns that after Paul's departure, savage wolves will enter among the Ephesians. The danger is not the obviously predatory leader but the plausible one — the one whose appearance is indistinguishable from genuine sheep.

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