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Oct 18, 2024 1:18 PM

  Matthew 7:24-27 In-Context

  22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?'

  23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

  24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

  25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

  26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

  27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

  28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,

  29 because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.

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