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13 Enter ye in through the strait gate, for broad the gate and spacious the way leading to destruction, and many are they coming in through it. 14 For strait the gate and afflicted the way leading into life, and few are they finding it. 15 And hold from false prophets which come in to you in sheep's dresses, but within they are rapacious wolves. 16 By their fruits shall ye know them. Far from it, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from caltrops. 17 So every good tree makes good fruits; but the rotten tree makes evil fruits. 18 A good tree cannot make evil fruits, nor a rotten tree make good fruits. 19 Every tree not making good fruit is cut off, and cast into fire. 20 Wherefore from their fruits shall ye know them. 21 Not every one saying to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but he doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have we cast out evil spirits, and in thy name done many powers? 23 And then shall I confess to them that I never knew you. Go away from me, ye working iniquity. 24 Therefore, every one which hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a discerning man which built his house upon the rock. 25 And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one hearing these my words and doing them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon sand. 27 And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew and struck upon that house, and it fell, and great was its fall. 28 And it was when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were struck with amazement at his teaching: 29 For he was teaching them as having power, and not as the scribes. Matthew 7:13-29, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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