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Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning.
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So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.
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"Not every one who says to me, `Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.
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Many will say to me on that day, "`Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, and in Thy name performed many mighty works?'
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"And then I will tell them plainly, "`I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.'
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"Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;
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and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock.
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And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand.
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The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and disastrous is the fall."
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When Jesus had concluded this discourse, the crowds were filled with amazement at His teaching,
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for He had been teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their Scribes taught.