“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering ¹  and they have not known my ways.’

For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ¹  and they will mislead many.

And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them ¹  by their hypocrisy.

And many false prophets will appear and deceive ¹  many,

Then the Pharisees answered, ¹  “You haven’t been deceived too, have you? ² 

These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you. ¹ 

“If you encounter ¹  your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return ²  it to him.

Do not those who devise ¹  evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit ²  faithful covenant love. ³ 

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, ¹  but the blameless will inherit what is good. ² 

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed. ¹ 

The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis ¹  are misled; the rulers ²  of her tribes lead Egypt astray.

All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him. ¹ 

They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery ¹  against their God.

Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ ¹  and they will mislead many.

But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, ¹  deceiving others and being deceived themselves. ² 

For false messiahs ¹  and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

“‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok ¹  who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.

This is what the Lord says: “Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions ¹  – make that four! ²  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ³  They rejected the Lord’s law; ⁴  they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, ⁵  to which their fathers were loyal, ⁶  led them astray.

Jesus answered them, ¹  “Watch out ²  that no one misleads you.

Jesus began to say to them, “Watch out ¹  that no one misleads you.