¹³“Enter through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it, ¹⁴because narrow^a is the gate and constricted is the road that leads to life, and there are few who find it!

The Sermon on the Mount: Recognizing False Prophets

¹⁵“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves. ¹⁶You will recognize them by their fruits: they do not gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, do they?^b ¹⁷In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. ¹⁸A good tree is not able to produce bad fruit, nor a bad tree to produce good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰As a result, you will recognize them by their fruits.

The Sermon on the Mount: False Followers

²¹“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²²On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?’ ²³And then I will say to them plainly,^c ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!’

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Footnotes

aSome manuscripts have “how narrow”
bThe negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated by “do they”
cLiterally “I will declare to them”