Matthew 7:24-29

Build Your House on the Rock

24 ¹"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like ²a wise man who built his house on the rock.

25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like ³a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

The Authority of Jesus

28 And when Jesus finished these sayings, ⁴the crowds were astonished at his teaching,

29 ⁵for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.