Matthew 7:21

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Not euery one, that sayeth vnto me Lorde, Lorde, shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doeth the wyll of my father, which is in heauen.

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  • Rom 2:13 : 13 (For in the sight of God, they are not righteous whiche heare the lawe: but the doers of the lawe shalbe iustified.
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues.
  • John 6:40 : 40 And this is the wyll of him yt sent me: that euery one which seeth the sonne, & beleueth on him, hath euerlastyng lyfe: And I wyll rayse him vp at ye last day.
  • Matt 25:11-12 : 11 Afterwarde came also the other virgins, saying: Lorde, Lorde, open to vs. 12 But he aunswered and sayde: veryly I say vnto you, I knowe you not.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
  • Luke 6:46 : 46 Why call ye me Lorde, Lorde, and do not as I byd you?
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in all good workes to do his wyll, workyng in you that which is pleasaunt in his sight, through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
  • John 3:5 : 5 Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother.
  • Jas 2:20-26 : 20 But wylt thou knowe, O thou vayne man, that that fayth which is without workes, is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter? 22 Seest thou not, howe ye faith wrought with his deedes, and through ye deedes was the fayth made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfylled, which sayth: Abraham beleued God, and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse: And he was called the friende of God. 24 Ye see then, howe that of deedes a man is iustified, and not of fayth only. 25 Lykewyse also, was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receaued the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirite is dead: euen so, fayth without workes, is dead also
  • Rev 3:5 : 5 He that ouercommeth, shalbe thus clothed in whyte aray, and I wyll not put out his name out of the booke of life, and I will confesse his name before my father, and before his Angels.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commaundementes, that their power may be in the tree of lyfe, and may enter in through the gates into the citie.
  • Matt 18:3 : 3 And sayde. Ueryly I say vnto you: except ye turne, and become as litle chyldren, ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen.
  • Matt 10:32-33 : 32 Euery one therfore, that shall confesse me before men, hym wyll I confesse also, before my father, which is in heaues. 33 But whosoeuer shall denye me before men, hym wyll I also denye, before my father, which is in heauens.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • Matt 19:24 : 24 And agayne I say vnto you: it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a nedle, then for the riche, to enter into the kyngdome of God.
  • Heb 4:6 : 6 Seing therfore it foloweth, that some must enter there into, and they to who the Gospell was first preached entred not therin for vnbeliefe.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde, but be ye chaunged in your shape, by ye renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the wyll of God, good, and acceptable, and perfect.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras which is of you, a seruaunt of Christe, saluteth you, alwayes labouryng feruently for you in prayers, that ye may stande perfect and fylled in all the wyll of God.
  • 1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication:
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In all thinges geue thankes. For this is the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you.
  • John 15:23 : 23 He that hateth me, hateth my father also.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 And strengthed the disciples soules agayne, and exhorted them to continue in the fayth, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kyngdome of God.
  • John 7:17 : 17 Yf any man wyll do his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
  • John 10:29-30 : 29 My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande. 30 I and my father are one.
  • Matt 21:29-31 : 29 He aunswered and saide, I wyll not: but afterwarde he repented, and went. 30 Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not. 31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you.
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begyn to stande without, & to knocke at the doore, saying, Lorde, Lorde, open vnto vs: and he shall aunswere, and say vnto you, I knowe you not whence ye are.
  • Luke 18:25 : 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a nedles eye, then for a riche man to enter into the kyngdome of God.
  • Mark 3:35 : 35 For whosoeuer doeth the wyl of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
  • Matt 16:17 : 17 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: happy art thou Simon Bar Iona, for flesh & blood hath not opened that vnto thee, but my father which is in heauen.
  • Isa 48:1-2 : 1 Heare this O thou house of Iacob, ye that are called by the name of Israel, & are come out of one stocke with Iuda: whiche sweare by the name of the Lorde, and beare witnesse by the God of Israel, but not with trueth and ryght. 2 For they are named of the holy citie, and are grounded vpon the God of Israel, whose name is the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Hos 8:2-3 : 2 Israel shoulde haue sayde vnto me: Thou art my God, we knowe thee. 3 But he hath refused the thyng that is good, therfore shall the enemie pursue him.
  • 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.
  • 1 John 3:21-24 : 21 Dearely beloued, yf our heart condempne vs not, then haue we boldnesse towarde God. 22 And whatsoeuer we aske, we receaue of hym, because we kepe his commaundementes, and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght. 23 And this is his comaundement, that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe, and loue one another, as he gaue commaundement. 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs, euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs.
  • Rev 2:27 : 27 And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall they be broken to sheuers:
  • Matt 18:35 : 35 So lykewyse, shall my heauenly father do also vnto you, yf ye from your heartes, forgeue not, euery one his brother, their trespasses.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Take heede that ye despise not one of these litle ones: For I say vnto you, that in heaue their Angels do alwayes beholde the face of my father, which is in heauen.
  • Mark 10:23-24 : 23 And when Iesus had loked rounde about, he sayde vnto his disciples: Howe hardly shall they that haue riches, enter into the kyngdome of God? 24 And the disciples were astonyed at his wordes. But Iesus aunswereth agayne, and sayth vnto them: Children, howe harde is it for the that trust in ryches, to enter into ye kyngdome of God.
  • John 14:7 : 7 If ye had knowen me, ye had knowen my father also. And nowe ye knowe hym, and haue seene hym.
  • Acts 19:13-20 : 13 Then certaine of the vagabounde Iewes, exorcistes, toke vpon them to call ouer them which had euyll spirites, the name of the Lorde Iesus, saying: We adiure you by Iesus, whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were seuen sonnes of one Sceua a Iewe, and chiefe of ye priestes, which dyd so. 15 And the euyll spirite aunswered, and sayde, Iesus I knowe, and Paul I knowe: but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the euyll spirite was, ran on them, & ouercame the, & preuayled agaynst them, so that they fled out of that house naked & wouded. 17 And this was knowen to all ye Iewes & Grekes also which dwelt at Ephesus, and feare came on them all, & the name of the Lorde Iesus was magnified. 18 And many that beleued, came & confessed, and shewed their workes. 19 Many also of the whiche vsed curious craftes, brought their bookes, & burned them before all men, and they counted the price of them, & founde it fiftie thousande peeces of syluer. 20 So myghtyly grew the word of God, and preuayled.
  • John 5:17 : 17 And Iesus aunswered them: My father worketh hitherto, and I worke.
  • Matt 26:42 : 42 He went away once againe, & prayed, saying: O my father, if this cuppe may not passe away fro me, except I drinke it, thy wyll be fulfylled.
  • Matt 18:19 : 19 Agayne, truely I say vnto you, that if two of you agree in earth, as touching any thyng that they shall aske, it shalbe done for them, of my father, which is in heauen.

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    22Many wyll say to me in that day, Lorde Lorde, haue we not prophesied thorowe thy name? and thorowe thy name haue cast out deuyls? & done many great workes thorowe thy name?

    23And then wyll I confesse vnto them, I neuer knewe you: Depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie.

    24Therfore, whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt his house vpon a rocke:

  • Matt 7:19-20
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    19Euery tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre.

    20Wherfore, by theyr fruites, ye shall knowe them.

  • Luke 6:46-47
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    46Why call ye me Lorde, Lorde, and do not as I byd you?

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    24Stryue to enter in at the strayte gate: for many I say vnto you, wyll seke to enter in, and shall not be able.

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    26Then shall ye begyn to say: We haue eaten and dronken in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streates.

    27And he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not, whence ye are: depart from me all ye that worke iniquitie.

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    26And euery one that heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth them not, shalbe lykened vnto a foolyshe man, which buylt his house vpon the sande:

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    16Iesus aunswered them, & sayde: My doctrine is not myne, but his yt sent me.

    17Yf any man wyll do his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.

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    13Enter in at the strayte gate. For wyde is the gate, and brode is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat.

    14Because, strayte is the gate, and narowe is the way, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that fynde it.

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    16Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites, Do men gather grapes of thornes? or fygges of thystles?

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    47And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll, and prepared not hym selfe, neither dyd accordyng to his wyll, shalbe beaten with many strypes.

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    30Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not.

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    11Afterwarde came also the other virgins, saying: Lorde, Lorde, open to vs.

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    19Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen.

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    50For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother.

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    24He that loueth me not, kepeth not my sayinges: And the word which ye heare, is not myne, but the fathers which sent me.

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    12But the chyldren of the kyngdome shalbe caste out, into vtter darcknesse: there shalbe wepyng, and gnashyng of teeth.

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    27For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his Angels: and then shall he rewarde euery man accordyng to his workes.

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    21He that hath my commaundementes, and kepeth them, the same is he that loueth me: And he that loueth me, shalbe loued of my father, and I wyll loue him, and wyll shew myne owne selfe to hym.

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    1Iudge not, that ye be not iudged.

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    14For many be called, but fewe are chosen.

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    37Yf I do not the workes of my father, beleue me not:

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    13But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.

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    30And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse, there shalbe wepyng, and gnasshyng of teeth.

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    45Then shall he aunswere them, saying: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these, ye dyd it not to me.

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    21And then, yf any man say to you, lo here is Christe, lo he is there, beleue not.

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    33Heauen and earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe.

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    17Ueryly I say vnto you: Whosoeuer receaueth not the kyngdome of God, as a chylde, shall not enter therin.

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