16. You will know them by their fruit. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
17. Even so, every good tree bears good fruit. But a corrupt tree bears evil fruit.
18. A good tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit.
19. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20. Therefore, by their fruit you will know them.
21. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
22. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonderful works in Your name?’
23. But then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from Me, you who practice evil.’
24. “Whoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.
25. And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house. And it did not fall, for it was founded a rock.
26. And every one who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them will be likened to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.