Revelation Chapter 2
Verse 20 (NASB) 
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20. But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and she teaches and leads my bondservants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
But I have this against you, that you TOLERATE theThere may or may not have been a real Jezebel in the Thyatira church. But the name clearly points to the one that the Jews knew about in the Old Testament. (1 Kings 16:31-33, 1 Kings 19:1-3, 1 Kings 21:1-16, 2 Kings 9:30-37)
woman JEZEBEL,
The Old Testament Jezebel did a good number on King Ahab and caused terrible trouble for true prophets like Elijah.
who calls herself a prophetess and she teachesIt is one thing to have a false prophet in the midst of a congregation but it is even worse when that false prophet is permitted to teach. Perhaps that is why Paul clearly tells Timothy that as a matter of principle, women are not to teach - 1 Timothy 2:11-15. How many cults today are being lead or were started by a woman?
and leads my bondservants astray so that theyCuriously, there must have been members of the Thyatira church who saw what was going on BUT were content to be quiet and not rebuke the false teachings. How about your fellowship? Is it being lead by a false teacher? Check it out and speak up if it is.
a) commit acts of IMMORALITY and
b) eat things sacrificed to idols.
References to the Revelation of Jesus Christ are in bold italics. All other references are in bold only.