15. “Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
16. You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?
17. In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
18. A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.
19. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20. So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.
21. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
22. On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?’
23. Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
24. “Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
25. The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.
26. Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
27. The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!”