Evildoers Destined for a Fall.

In Matthew 07:23-27, there is a wordplay between the words “evildoers” and “fall.”


Evildoers {“Workers” (פועלי)}
Fall {“Fall” (יפול)}

23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers {“Workers” (פועלי)}!’ 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man {“Wise man” (חכם)} who built {“Built” (בנה)} his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall {“Fall” (יפול)}, because it had been founded on the rock {“Stone” (אבן)}. 26 And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. 27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell. And great was its fall {“Fall” (מפלה)}.”

J. Clontz – Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament