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The Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament surveys each book of the New Testament at several levels—Book, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture.

(7:24–27) The final paragraph of the Sermon on the Mount continues the challenge to put the teachings of Jesus from the sermon into practice. Jesus has emphasized the practice of his teachings in these last four paragraphs, and here he compares those who both hear and practice his teachings to a house built on a rock, and those who hear but do not practice his teachings are like a house built on sand. 7:24 Jesus compares the hearing and practice of his teachings to a wise man who
Matthew 7:24–27