The True Disciple. ²¹ “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,^[a] but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.^(A)

The Two Foundations. ^46 (A)“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I command? ^47 [a]I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them.^{(B) 48} That one is like a person building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. ⁴⁹ But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed.”

²¹ He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”^[a]

The Calming of a Storm at Sea.^(A)

²² Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.^{(A) 23} For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror. ²⁴ He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked like. ²⁵ But the one who peers into the perfect law^[a] of freedom and perseveres, and is not a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, such a one shall be blessed in what he does.^(B)

⁷ Children, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.