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Matthew 7:14-21 Good News Bible (GNB)

14. But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it.

15. “Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.

16. You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briars do not bear figs.

17. A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.

18. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.

19. And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.

20. So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.

21. “Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do.