Matthew 7:22-29 ▼

22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’

23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.

25 “And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

26 “And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

27 “And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell, and great was its fall.”

28 The result was that when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were amazed at His teaching;

29 for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.