Matthew 7:16-29

16You will 12know them by their fruits. 3Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? 17So 4every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. 195Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20So then, you will 6know them 7by their fruits.

21“8Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 229Many will say to Me on 10that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many 11miracles?’ 23And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; 12depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

24“Therefore 13everyone who hears these words of Mine and 14acts on them, 15may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25And the rain fell, and the 16floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not 17act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27The rain fell, and the 18floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall.”

281920When Jesus had finished these words, 21the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.