Matthew 7:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ It rained hard, the ·floods came [rivers rose], and the winds blew and ·hit [beat; slammed against] that house, and it ·fell [collapsed] with a big crash.”

²⁸ When Jesus finished ·saying these things [^Lthese words; ^Cthe end of the first of five major discourses in Matthew, all of which conclude with a similar phrase; see also 11:1; 13:53; 19:1; 26:1], the ·people [crowds] were amazed at his teaching, ²⁹ because he did not teach like their ·teachers of the law [scribes]. He taught like a person who had authority.