ISV(i)
13 The Narrow Gate
“Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it.
14 How narrow is the gate and how constricted is the road that leads to life, and there aren’t many people who find it!”
15A Tree is Known by Its Fruit
“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are savage wolves.
16 You will know them by their fruit. Grapes aren’t gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they?
17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.
19 Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.
20 So by their fruit you will know them.”
21I Never Knew You
“Not everyone who keeps saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn’t we?’
23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who practice evil!’”
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