Matthew 7:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 Many will say to me on that day,(A) ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’(B) 23 Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you.[a] Depart from me, you evildoers.’(C)
The Two Foundations. 24 [b]“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(D)
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- 7:23 I never knew you: cf. Mt 10:33. Depart from me, you evildoers: cf. Ps 6:9.
- 7:24–27 The conclusion of the discourse (cf. Lk 6:47–49). Here the relation is not between saying and doing as in Mt 7:15–23 but between hearing and doing, and the words of Jesus are applied to every Christian (everyone who listens).
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