Webbut what we can say with some certainty is that there’s no evidence of a fable containing a wolf in sheep’s clothing before medieval times, i. e. , over a millennium after the new. Webin matthew 7:15, jesus firmly warned: “beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves” (nasb). Weba wolf in sheep's clothing is an idiom from jesus's sermon on the mount as narrated in the gospel of matthew. It warns against individuals who play a duplicitous role.