Luke 6:43-49

New American Standard Bible

^43 (A)For there is no good tree that bears bad fruit, nor, ^[a]on the other hand, a bad tree that bears good fruit. ^44 (B)For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. ^45 (C)The good person out of the good ^[b]treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; ^(D)for his mouth speaks from ^[c]that which fills his heart.

The Parable of the Builders

⁴⁶ “Now ^(E)why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? ^47 (F)Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and ^[d]acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸ he is like a man building a house, who ^[e]dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁹ But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; and the river burst against it and it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”