Beware of false prophets— The connection here is remarkable, says Dr. Heylin. One characteristic of false prophets, that is, false preachers, is, that they widen the narrow way. It is their prophesying, their teaching the broad way, rather than their walking in it themselves, which is here chiefly spoken of. All those are false prophets who preach any other way than that which our Lord has marked out. A wolf in sheep's clothing is grown into a proverb, for a minister or pastor who makes a great profession of religion, yet cannot dissemble so well as not to be discovered by attentive observation; which was just the character of the Pharisees in our Saviour's days. See ch. Matthew 23:23-28. Luke 11:39-42.
Related Commentaries of Matthew 7:15
Matthew 7:15
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.