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7:21 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"Not R291 everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven {will enter.} R292
7:22 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"Many R293 will say to Me on that R294 day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' F132
7:23 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"And R295 then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART R296 FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
7:24 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"Therefore R297 everyone R298 who hears these words of Mine and acts F133 on them, may F134 be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
7:25 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"And R299 the rain fell, and the floods F135 came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and {yet} it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
7:26 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"Everyone R300 who hears these words of Mine and does not act F136 on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
7:27 - [In Context |Original Greek ]"The R301 rain fell, and the floods F137 came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
FOOTNOTES: F132: Lit They do not gather
F133: Or recognize
F134: Or works of power
F135: Lit does
F136: Lit will
F137: Lit rivers
CROSS REFERENCES: R291: Hosea 6:6
R292: Mark 2:17 ; Luke 5:32 ; 1 Timothy 1:15
R293: Luke 18:12
R294: Matthew 9:18-26: { 5:22-43 ; Luke 8:41-56}
R295: Matthew 8:2
R296: Numbers 15:38 ; Deuteronomy 22:12 ; Matthew 14:36 ; 23:5
R297: Matthew 14:36 ; Mark 3:10 ; Luke 6:19
R298: Matthew 9:2
R299: Matthew 9:29 ; 15:28 ; Mark 5:34 ; 10:52 ; Luke 7:50 ; 8:48 ; 17:19 ; 18:42
R300: 2 Chronicles 35:25 ; Jeremiah 9:17 ; 16:6 ; Ezekiel 24:17
R301: John 11:13 ; Acts 20:10
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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