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19 Any tree which does not bear good fruits will be cut down and cast into the fire. 20 Thus by their fruits you will know them. 21 It is not everyone who merely says to me, My Lord, my Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 A great many will say to me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out devils, and in your name do many wonders? 23 Then I will declare to them, I have never known you; keep away from me, O you that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, he is like a wise man, who built his house upon a rock. 25 And the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house; but it did not fall down, because its foundations were laid upon a rock. 26 And whoever hears these words of mine, and does them not, is like a foolish man, who built his house upon sand. 27 And the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house; and it fell down, and its fall was very great. 28 And it happened when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were stunned at his teaching. 29 For he taught them as one who had the power, and not like their own scribes and Pharisees. Matthew 7:19-29, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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