21 “Not everyone who
says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does
the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in
that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in
Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And
then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who
practice lawlessness!’
Build on the Rock
24 “Therefore, whoever
hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who
built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended,
the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not
fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who
hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man
who built his house on the sand:
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