Matthew 7:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

Cross References

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:10

Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:19

For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.

Matthew 18:3

And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:24

And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 25:10

And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

Matthew 25:21

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

Matthew 26:39

And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

Matthew 26:42

Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer, O my Father, if this may not go from me without my taking it, let your pleasure be done.

Mark 3:35

Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Mark 9:47

Everyone will be salted with fire.

Luke 11:28

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

Luke 13:25

When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

Luke 18:25

It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:46

Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

John 14:7

If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.

John 15:23

He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

John 3:5

Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

John 5:17

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

John 6:40

This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

John 7:17

If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes fromfrom God or from myself.

Acts 14:22

Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

Romans 12:2

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

Ephesians 6:6

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Titus 1:16

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

Hebrews 13:21

Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

Hebrews 4:6

So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

1 Peter 2:15

Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

1 Peter 4:2

So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

Revelation 2:27

And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father:

Revelation 22:14

A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.

Revelation 3:5

He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.