Quotes About Deception

Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ëI will, sir,í he said. But he did not go.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ëIf anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.í

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead menís bones and every kind of impurity.

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

For many will come in My name, claiming, ëI am the Christ,í and will deceive many.

and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.

At that time, if anyone says to you, ëLook, here is the Christ!í or ëThere He is!í do not believe it.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

So if they tell you, ëThere He is in the wilderness,í do not go out; or, ëHere He is in the inner rooms,í do not believe it.

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ëMy master will be away a long time.í

Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.

So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.

Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said it yourself.”

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him.”

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

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

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ëAfter three days I will rise again.í

So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”