And many false prophets will appear and deceive ¹  many,

Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: ¹ 

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

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

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally ¹  two came forward

Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

For such people are false apostles, deceitful ¹  workers, disguising themselves ²  as apostles of Christ.

Consequently ¹  God sends on them a deluding influence ²  so that they will believe what is false.

Now this matter arose ¹  because of the false brothers with false pretenses ²  who slipped in unnoticed to spy on ³  our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves. ⁴ 

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves. ¹ 

And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. ¹  Because of these false teachers, ²  the way of truth will be slandered. ³ 

But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. ¹  These false teachers ²  will ³  infiltrate your midst ⁴  with destructive heresies, ⁵  even to the point of ⁶  denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring ⁷  swift destruction on themselves.

“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

The ¹  chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’” ¹ 

“Woe to you ¹  when all people ²  speak well of you, for their ancestors ³  did the same things to the false prophets.

You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’” ¹ 

They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place ¹  and the law. ² 

When they had crossed over ¹  the whole island as far as Paphos, ²  they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus, ³