Matthew 7:17-29

17So 1every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 192Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20So then, you will 3know them 4by their fruits.

21“5Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 226Many will say to Me on 7that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many 8miracles?’ 23And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; 9leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

24“Therefore, 10everyone who hears these words of Mine, and 11acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25And the rain fell and the 12floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not 13act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27And the rain fell and the 14floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and its collapse was great.”

281516When Jesus had finished these words, 17the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.