“Do people pick grapes from bushes? Do they pick figs from thorns? ¹⁷In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit. But a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸A good tree can’t bear bad fruit. And a bad tree can’t bear good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down. It is thrown into the fire. ²⁰You can tell each tree by its fruit.

²¹“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven. Only those who do what my Father in heaven wants will enter.

²²“Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord! Lord! Didn’t we prophesy in your name? Didn’t we drive out demons in your name? Didn’t we do many miracles in your name?’ ²³Then I will tell them clearly, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who do evil!’

The Wise and Foolish Builders

²⁴“So then, everyone who hears my words and puts them into practice is like a wise man. He builds his house on the rock. ²⁵The rain comes down. The water rises. The winds blow and beat against that house. But it does not fall. It is built on the rock.

²⁶“But everyone who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man. He builds his house on sand. ²⁷The rain comes down. The water rises. The winds blow and beat against that house. And it falls with a loud crash.”

²⁸Jesus finished saying all these things. The crowds were amazed at his teaching. ²⁹He taught like one who had authority. He did not speak like their teachers of the law.

Read in Logos

Matthew 7:24: “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”