Deuteronomy 18:17-22 (New International Version)

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17 The LORD said to me: "What they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet¹ like you from among their brothers; I will put my words² in his mouth,³ and he will tell them everything I command him.⁴ 19 If anyone does not listen⁵ to my words that the prophet speaks in my name,⁶ I myself will call him to account.⁷ 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods,⁸ must be put to death."⁹ 21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?" 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true,¹⁰ that is a message the LORD has not spoken.¹¹ That prophet has spoken presumptuously.¹² Do not be afraid of him.

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