Matthew 7:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.

Cross References

Romans 2:13

Hearing the law does not make people right with God. They will be right before him only if they always do what the law says.

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but you don’t do what I say?

James 1:22

Do what God’s teaching says; don’t just listen and do nothing. When you only sit and listen, you are fooling yourselves.

Luke 11:28

But Jesus said, “The people who hear the teaching of God and obey it—they are the ones who have God’s blessing.”

Titus 1:16

They say they know God, but the evil things they do show that they don’t accept him. They are disgusting. They refuse to obey God and are not capable of doing anything good.

Hebrews 4:6

So the opportunity is still there for some to enter and enjoy God’s rest. But those who first heard the good news about it did not enter, because they did not obey.

John 6:40

Everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life. I will raise them up on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

Revelation 3:5

Everyone who wins the victory will be dressed in white clothes like them. I will not remove their names from the book of life. I will say that they belong to me before my Father and before his angels.

1 Peter 4:2

Strengthen yourselves so that you will live your lives here on earth doing what God wants, not the evil things that people want to do.

Matthew 12:50

Yes, anyone who does what my Father in heaven wants is my true brother and sister and mother.”

Revelation 22:14

“Great blessings belong to those who have washed their robes. They will have the right to eat the food from the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Believe me when I say that everyone must be born from water and the Spirit. Anyone who is not born from water and the Spirit cannot enter God’s kingdom.

Matthew 18:3

Then he said, “The truth is, you must change your thinking and become like little children. If you don’t do this, you will never enter God’s kingdom.

John 7:17

People who really want to do what God wants will know that my teaching comes from God. They will know that this teaching is not my own.

Romans 12:2

Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Mark 3:35

My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what God wants.”

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Whatever happens, always be thankful. This is how God wants you to live in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:6

You must do this not just to please your masters while they are watching, but all the time. Since you are really slaves of Christ, you must do with all your heart what God wants.

1 Peter 2:15

When you do good, you stop ignorant people from saying foolish things about you. This is what God wants.

Matthew 25:21

“The master answered, ‘You did right. You are a good servant who can be trusted. You did well with that small amount of money. So I will let you care for much greater things. Come and share my happiness with me.’

1 Thessalonians 4:3

God wants you to be holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, another servant of Jesus Christ from your group, sends his greetings. He constantly struggles for you in prayer. He prays that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything that God wants for you.

Luke 13:25

If a man locks the door of his house, you can stand outside and knock on the door, but he won’t open it. You can say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you. Where did you come from?’

Acts 14:22

In those cities they helped the followers grow stronger in their faith and encouraged them to continue trusting God. They told them, “We must suffer many things on our way into God’s kingdom.”

Luke 18:25

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God’s kingdom.”

Mark 9:47

If your eye makes you sin, take it out. It is better for you to have only one eye and enter God’s kingdom than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

Matthew 19:24

Yes, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God’s kingdom.”

Matthew 18:35

“This king did the same as my heavenly Father will do to you. You must forgive your brother or sister with all your heart, or my heavenly Father will not forgive you.”

John 15:23

“Whoever hates me also hates my Father.

Matthew 26:42

Then Jesus went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if I must do this and it is not possible for me to escape it, then I pray that what you want will be done.”

Matthew 16:17

Jesus answered, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah. No one taught you that. My Father in heaven showed you who I am.

Revelation 2:27

They will rule the nations with an iron rod. They will break them to pieces like clay pots.

John 14:7

If you really knew me, you would know my Father too. But now you know the Father. You have seen him.”

John 5:17

But he said to them, “My Father never stops working, and so I work too.”

Matthew 26:39

Then Jesus went on a little farther away from them. He fell to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, don’t make me drink from this cup. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Matthew 18:10

“Be careful. Don’t think these little children are not important. I tell you that these children have angels in heaven. And those angels are always with my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:19

To say it another way, if two of you on earth agree on anything you pray for, my Father in heaven will do what you ask.

Matthew 25:10

“So the foolish girls went to buy oil. While they were gone, the bridegroom came. The girls who were ready went in with the bridegroom to the wedding feast. Then the door was closed and locked.