The Bible in Basic English BBE
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21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
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Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’
23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
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Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
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“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
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The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
26 And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
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But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
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The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
28 And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,
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When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
29 for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
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because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.
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