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22 Many people will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not speak in your name? Did we not drive bad spirits out of people in your name? Did we not do big works in your name?"

23 Then I will say to them, "I never knew you. Go away from me! What you do is very wrong!" '

24 `Everyone who hears what I say and obeys me will be like a man who has good sense. He built his house on a rock.

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22 Many will say to me on that day,(A) ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’(B) 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’(C)

The Wise and Foolish Builders(D)

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice(E) is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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