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And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep"s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother"s eye.

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother"s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?