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Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
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By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
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Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
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Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
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Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
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Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
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But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
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When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
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because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.