Matthew 7:16–29

¹⁶By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

¹⁷Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.

¹⁹Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.

²⁰Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

²¹Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

²²Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?

²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

²⁴Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,

²⁵And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

²⁶And every one that heareth these my words and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,

²⁷And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.

²⁸And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.

²⁹For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.