Zechariah 13:3

God's Word

“If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother, who gave birth to him, will say, ‘You don’t deserve to live because you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ Then his father and his mother, who gave birth to him, will stab him when he prophesies.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:25

“I’ve heard the prophets who speak lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

Jeremiah 23:34

Suppose the prophets, the priests, or these people say, ‘This is the Lord’s revelation!’ I will punish them and their families.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, “Now listen, Hananiah, the Lord hasn’t sent you. You have made these people believe a lie.

Ezekiel 13:23

That is why you will no longer see false visions or make predictions. I will rescue my people from your power. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 14:9

“ ‘If a prophet is tricked into giving a prophecy, it is I, the Lord, who tricked the prophet. I will use my power against you and destroy you from among my people Israel.

Ezekiel 43:7

The voice said to me, “Son of man, this is the place where my throne is and the place where my feet rest. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. Then the people of Israel and their kings will no longer dishonor my holy name by acting like prostitutes, nor will they dishonor it with the dead bodies of their kings.

Matthew 10:37

“The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple.

Luke 14:26

“If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So from now on we don’t think of anyone from a human point of view. If we did think of Christ from a human point of view, we don’t anymore.

Deuteronomy 18:20

But any prophet who dares to say something in my name that I didn’t command him to say or who speaks in the name of other gods must die.”

Deuteronomy 33:9

They said that they didn’t know their father and mother. They didn’t recognize their own brothers. They didn’t acknowledge their own children. But they obeyed your word and were faithful to the terms of your promise.