Time after Pentecost · Year A
Proper 4
May 31, 2026
Overview & Insights
"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock." (Matthew 7:24)
This is the close of the Sermon on the Mount, warning that entering the kingdom takes doing the will of God and not merely saying 'Lord, Lord.' Jesus likens the obedient hearer to a house built on rock and the disobedient one to a house built on sand.
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Commentary
Commentary on Matthew 7:21-29 Working Preacher
The Lutheran lectionary voice on doing God's will and the house built on rock.
Matthew 7 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse study of the two builders and the crowd's response to Jesus' authority.
Matthew 7:15 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators gathered on false prophets and their fruit.
Matthew 7 Resources Precept Austin
Detailed study notes, sermons, and word studies on Matthew 7.
Barnes' Notes: Matthew 7 StudyLight
A historic verse by verse commentary on the passage.
Background & Word Study
Matthew - Enter the Bible Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on the Gospel of Matthew.
Gospel of Matthew Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of Matthew and the teaching blocks the Sermon on the Mount belongs to.
The Law BibleProject
Explains how the Torah frames Jesus' call to hear and do these words.
Matthew 7:15 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek word by word of the warning about false prophets.
The Church Fathers
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