Matthew 7:24

“Everyone ¹  who hears these words of mine and does them is like ²  a wise man ³  who built his house on rock.

Job 28:28; Ps 111:10; Ps 119:99,130; Pr 10:8; Pr 14:8; Mt 5:3-12; Mt 6:14,15,19-21; Mt 7:7,8,13,14; Mt 12:50; Lu 6:47-49; Lu 11:28; Joh 13:17; Joh 14:15,22-24; Joh 15:10,14; Ro 2:6-9; 1Co 3:10,11; Ga 5:6,7; Ga 6:7,8; Jas 1:21-27; Jas 2:17-26; Jas 3:13-18; 1Jo 2:3; 1Jo 3:22-24; 1Jo 5:3-5; Re 22:14,15

¹ tn Grk “Therefore everyone.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

² tn Grk “will be like.” The same phrase occurs in v. 26.

³ 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.