But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the wo
So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blow
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even mor
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remain
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us.
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I
‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had some
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. F