This is Jesus talking here, in what is call the Sermon on the Mount.
Matthew 7
15 “Beware of false prophets
who come disguised as harmless sheep
but are really vicious wolves.
16 You can identify them by their fruit,
that is, by the way they act.
Can you pick grapes from thornbushes,
or figs from thistles?
17 A good tree produces good fruit,
and a bad tree produces bad fruit.
18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit,
and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.
19 So every tree that does not produce good fruit
is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
20 Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit,
so you can identify people by their actions.
21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
22 On judgment day many will say to me,
‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’
23 But I will reply,
‘I never knew you.
Get away from me,
you who break God’s laws.’
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