Chapter summary

Matthew 7 Summary

Matthew 7 ends the Sermon on the Mount with teaching on judging, asking in prayer, the narrow gate, and building on the rock.

Jesus warns against hypocritical judging, urges persistent prayer (‘ask, seek, knock’), and gives the Golden Rule. He calls for the narrow gate and warns of false prophets.

He closes with the wise and foolish builders: those who hear and do his words build on rock that stands the storm.

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

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