Today’s Gospel provides excellent evidence that in Heaven, actions speak louder than words. We could also quote St. James the Lesser, in his only epistle (2:12 – 26), but let’s take the (translated) words straight from the Lord. (We added a few preceding and succeeding verses to today’s Gospel according to Matthew.)
| 7:15 | E makaala i na kaula wahahee, ka poe i hele mai io oukou la me ka aahu hipa, aka, o loko, he iliohae hae. |
| 7:16 | Ma ko lakou hua e ike ai oukou ia lakou. Hiki ke ʻohi ʻia nā hua waina mai nā kākalaioa, a i ʻole fiku mai ka puakala? |
| 7:17 | No laila, na hua maikai na laau maikai a pau, a ua hua mai ka laau ino i ka hua ino. |
| 7:18 | Aole e hiki i ka laau maikai ke hua mai i ka hua ino, aole e hiki i ka laau ino ke hua mai i ka hua maikai. |
| 7:19 | ʻO nā lāʻau a pau i hua ʻole mai i ka hua maikaʻi, e kua ʻia a kiola ʻia i ke ahi. |
| 7:20 | No laila, ma ko lakou hua e ike ai oukou ia lakou. |
| 7:21 | Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, ka mea ma ka lani, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. |
| 7:22 | Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and perform many powerful deeds in your name?' |
| 7:23 | And then will I disclose to them: ‘I have never known you. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity.’ |
| 7:24 | No laila, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. |
| 7:25 | And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. |
| 7:26 | And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. |
| 7:27 | And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, and it did fall, and great was its ruin.” |
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