Matthew 7:11-21

11 If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.

12 Therefore, you should treat people in the same way that you want people to treat you; this is the Law and the Prophets.

Narrow gate

13 “Go in through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to destruction is broad and the road wide, so many people enter through it.

14 But the gate that leads to life is narrow and the road difficult, so few people find it.

Tree and fruit

15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you dressed like sheep, but inside they are vicious wolves.

16 You will know them by their fruit. Do people get bunches of grapes from thorny weeds, or do they get figs from thistles?

17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and every rotten tree produces bad fruit.

18 A good tree can't produce bad fruit. And a rotten tree can't produce good fruit.

19 Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

20 Therefore, you will know them by their fruit.

Entrance requirements

21 “Not everybody who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter.

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