Matthew 7:13-27

13“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many.

14How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

15“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

16You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes aren’t gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, are they?

17Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the rotten tree produces bad fruit.

18A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit.

19Every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

21“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

22Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, and drive out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?’

23Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Get away from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’”

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

25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and yet it did not fall, for its foundation had been built on the rock.

26Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”