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By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
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Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
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Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
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Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
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Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?
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And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.
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Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
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And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
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And every one that heareth these my words and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,