Mt 7:21-28

The True Disciple. 21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,^* but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.ⁿ 22Many will say to me on that day,^o ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’^p 23Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you.^* Depart from me, you evildoers.’^q

The Two Foundations. 24^* “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.^r 25The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house.^s But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. 26And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. 27The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”

28^* When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,