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"For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
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For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.
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A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
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"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say?
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Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:
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He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.
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But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."