19. I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to My words that he speaks in My name.
20. But the prophet who dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods — that prophet must die.’
21. You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken? ’
22. When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.