Matthew 6:7
Context6:7 When 1 you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Matthew 7:24
ContextHearing and Doing
7:24 “Everyone 2 who hears these words of mine and does them is like 3 a wise man 4 who built his house on rock.
Matthew 7:26
Context7:26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “Therefore everyone.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “will be like.” The same phrase occurs in v. 26.
4 tn Here and in v. 26 the Greek text reads ἀνήρ (anhr), while the parallel account in Luke 6:47-49 uses ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") in vv. 48 and 49.