Matthew 7:24-29
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Two Foundations
24 “Therefore (A)everyone who hears these words of Mine and [a]acts on them, [b]may be compared to 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 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 The rain fell, and the [e]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
28 [f](B)When Jesus had finished these words, (C)the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29 for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
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- Matthew 7:24 Lit does
- Matthew 7:24 Lit will
- Matthew 7:25 Lit rivers
- Matthew 7:26 Lit do
- Matthew 7:27 Lit rivers
- Matthew 7:28 Lit And it happened when
Luke 11:28
New American Standard Bible 1995
28 But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are (A)those who hear the word of God and observe it.”
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James 1:25
New American Standard Bible 1995
25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, (A)the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but [a]an effectual doer, this man will be (B)blessed in [b]what he does.
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- James 1:25 Lit a doer of a work
- James 1:25 Lit his doing
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