43. “A good tree does not produce bad fruit. Also, a bad tree does not produce good fruit.
44. Each tree is known by its fruit. People don’t gather figs from thornbushes. And they don’t get grapes from bushes.
45. A good person has good things saved up in his heart. And so he brings good things out of his heart. But an evil person has evil things saved up in his heart. So he brings out bad things. A person speaks the things that are in his heart.
46. “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?
47. Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and obeys
48. is like a man building a house. He digs deep and lays his foundation on rock. The floods come, and the water tries to wash the house away. But the flood cannot move the house, because the house was built well.