Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Matthew 7:16-22 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

16. You will know these people because of what they do. Good things don’t come from people who are bad, just as grapes don’t come from thornbushes, and figs don’t come from thorny weeds.

17. In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and bad trees produce bad fruit.

18. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

19. Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

20. You will know these false people by what they do.

21. “Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.

22. On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.’