Barclay Newman, a translator on the teams for both the Good News Bible and the Contemporary English Version, translated passages of the New Testament into English and published them in 2014, “in a publication brief enough to be non-threatening, yet long enough to be taken seriously, and interesting enough to appeal to believers and un-believers alike.” The following is the translation of Matthew 7:21-23:

Watch out for false prophets!
They’re sheep-skinned wolves waiting to attack.
       But you can recognize them by their deeds.

Grapes and figs don’t grow on thorn bushes, good trees don’t produce bad fruit,
       nor bad trees good fruit.
Trees covered with bad fruit
       will be chopped down and burned.

Not everyone who swears that I’m the Gatekeeper
       will enter into the Kingdom of God.
Only those who obey my Father above
       will be allowed to enter the Ultimate Kingdom.

Although some liars may claim to have worked miracles
       or forced out demons in my name,
I’ll have nothing to do with those evil people —
       Instead, they’ll be sent far away.