Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29

²¹ ”Not every one who says to me, `Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
<sup>22</sup> On that day many will say to me, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
²³ And then will I declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’
²⁴ ”Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock;
²⁵ and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
²⁶ And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon 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.”
²⁸ And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
²⁹ for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.