42. You say to your friend, ‘Let me get that little piece of dust out of your eye.’ Why do you say this? Can’t you see that big piece of wood in your own eye? You are a hypocrite. First, take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to get the dust out of your friend’s eye.
43. “A good tree does not produce bad fruit. And a bad tree does not produce good fruit.
44. Every tree is known by the kind of fruit it produces. You won’t find figs on thorny weeds. And you can’t pick grapes from thornbushes!
45. Good people have good things saved in their hearts. That’s why they say good things. But those who are evil have hearts full of evil, and that’s why they say things that are evil. What people say with their mouths comes from what fills their hearts.
46. “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but you don’t do what I say?
47. The people who come to me, who listen to my teachings and obey them—I will show you what they are like: