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Matthew 7:23-25
Lexham English Bible
Matthew 7:23-25
Lexham English Bible
23 And then I will say to them plainly,[a] ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!’
The Sermon on the Mount: Two Houses and Two Foundations
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain came down and the rivers came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it did not collapse, because its foundation was laid on the rock.
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- Matthew 7:23 Literally “I will declare to them”
Matthew 7:23-25
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 7:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers!’
24 The Wise and Foolish Builders.[a]“Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts in accordance with them will be like a wise man who constructed his house on a rock foundation. 25 The rain came down, the flood waters rose, and fierce winds battered that house. However, it did not collapse, because it had its foundations on rock.
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- Matthew 7:24 Jesus calls for obedience to his Word: those who build their lives on the Gospel are united with Christ, and nothing else can provide meaning and force to a human life in the always unforeseen elaboration of problems and events.
Matthew 7:23-25
New International Version
Matthew 7:23-25
New International Version
23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’(A)
The Wise and Foolish Builders(B)
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice(C) 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.
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