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11 Even though you are bad, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask him!
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If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
12 "Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.
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So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
13 "Enter through the narrow gate. The gate is wide and the road is wide that leads to hell, and many people enter through that gate.
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“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
14 But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to true life. Only a few people find that road.
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But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
15 "Be careful of false prophets. They come to you looking gentle like sheep, but they are really dangerous like wolves.
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“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
16 You will know these people by what they do. Grapes don't come from thornbushes, and figs don't come from thorny weeds.
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By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
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Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.
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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 In the same way, you will know these false prophets by what they do.
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Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
21 "Not all those who say that I am their Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. The only people who will enter the kingdom of heaven are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.
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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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