²¹ “^(A)Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. ^22 (B)Many will say to Me on ^(C)that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many ^[a]miracles?’ ²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; ^(D)leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

The Two Foundations

²⁴ “Therefore, ^(E)everyone who hears these words of Mine, and ^[b]acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell and the ^[c]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶ And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not ^[d]act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ And the rain fell and the ^[e]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and its collapse was great.”

^28 [f](F)When Jesus had finished these words, ^(G)the crowds were amazed at His teaching;

¹⁷ If you know these things, you are ^(A)blessed if you do them.

^22 (A)But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves. ²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his ^[a]natural face ^(B)in a mirror; ²⁴ for once he has looked at himself and gone away, ^[b]he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. ²⁵ But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, ^(C)the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but ^[c]an active doer, this person will be ^(D)blessed in ^[d]what he does.