1 Kings 13:14-18 ▼

14 He followed the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah? ” “I am,” he said.

15 Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat some food.”

16 But he answered, “I cannot go back with you or accompany you; I will not eat food or drink water with you in this place.

17 For a message came to me by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat food or drink water there or go back by the way you came.’ ”

18 He said to him, “I am also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat food and drink water.’ ” The old prophet deceived him,