Matthew 7:13-27

13“Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it.

14How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

15“Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

16You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

18A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.

19Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

20So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.

21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

22On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, and do many miracles in your name?’

23Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!’

24“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

25The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

26But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

27The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.”