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Book of Matthew Chapter 7 - Read Chapter 7:21 - [In Context ]"Not every person that says that I am his Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. The only people that will enter the kingdom of heaven are those people that do the things that my Father in heaven wants.
7:22 - [In Context ]On the last day many people will say to me, 'You are our Lord! We spoke for you. And for you we forced out demons F85 and did many miracles. F86 '
7:23 - [In Context ]Then I will tell those people clearly, 'Go away from me, you people that do wrong. I never knew you.'
7:24 - [In Context ]"Every person that hears these things I say and obeys is like a wise man. The wise man built his house on rock.
7:25 - [In Context ]It rained hard and the water rose. The winds blew and hit that house. But the house did not fall, because the house was built on rock.
7:26 - [In Context ]But the person that hears the things I teach and does not obey those things is like a foolish man. The foolish man built his house on sand.
7:27 - [In Context ]It rained hard, the water rose, and the winds blew and hit that house. And the house fell with a loud noise."
FOOTNOTES: F85: demon(s) Demons are evil spirits from the devil.
F86: miracle(s) Amazing works done by God's power.
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!;
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