6:43 “For 5 no good tree bears bad 6 fruit, nor again 7 does a bad tree bear good fruit, 6:44 for each tree is known 8 by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered 9 from thorns, nor are grapes picked 10 from brambles. 11 6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his 12 heart 13 produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury 14 produces evil, for his mouth speaks 15 from what fills 16 his heart.
6:46 “Why 17 do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ 18 and don’t do what I tell you? 19
6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice 20 – I will show you what he is like: 6:48 He is like a man 21 building a house, who dug down deep, 22 and laid the foundation on bedrock. When 23 a flood came, the river 24 burst against that house but 25 could not shake it, because it had been well built. 26 6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice 27 is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When 28 the river burst against that house, 29 it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” 30