Mat 7:16-23 | ESV | STEP | You will recognize them by their fruits . Are grapes gathered from thornbushes , or figs from thistles ?

a Luke 6:43, 44; James 2:18

b ch. 12:33-35

cSee ch. 3:10

d[See ver. 16 above]

e Luke 6:46; Rom. 2:13; James 1:22

f[Hos. 8:2]

g[John 3:3, 5]

h ch. 12:50

i ch. 25:11, 12; Luke 13:25-27

j Mal. 3:17, 18

k[Num. 24:4; John 11:51; 1 Cor. 13:2]

lSee Mark 9:38

m[See ver. 22 above]

n ch. 10:33; [Ps. 101:4]

o ch. 25:41; Ps. 6:8

p ch. 13:41; Ps. 5:5

Matthew 7:16-23

16 You will recognize them ^aby their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, ^bevery healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 ^cEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them ^dby their fruits.

I Never Knew You

21 ^e“Not everyone who ^fsays to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will ^genter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who ^hdoes the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 ⁱOn that day ^jmany will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not ^kprophesy in your name, and cast out demons ^lin your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 ^mAnd then will I declare to them, ‘I ⁿnever knew you; ^odepart from me, ^pyou workers of lawlessness.’