That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall remove the evil from your midst.
⛓ Read Deuteronomy 13 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee,' closing the law against the idolatrous prophet, is especially apt since Paul's vice-list in 5:10-11 leads with idolaters. The idolatry context gives this occurrence of the refrain heightened Coherence with Paul's argument.
Medium confidenceDeuteronomy's verdict that such a prophet has 'spoken to lead you astray from the LORD your God' underlies Mark's 'that they may lead astray, if possible, even the elect.' The danger to even the faithful elect echoes the law's concern that the whole community could be seduced by validated false signs.
Medium confidenceEcho2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Reproving open sinners 'in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear' echoes the Deuteronomic rationale for public punishment, that 'all Israel shall hear and fear.' Visible discipline as deterrent reflects the Torah's pedagogy of communal fear.
Low confidenceThe Deuteronomic insistence that even a wonder-working prophet who leads astray must be rejected reinforces 'don't believe it' against the seductive signs of false messiahs.
Low confidence