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Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with graphic warnings to his hearers. Failure to take seriously what he has said in the sermon will result in disastrous consequences. Jesus warns of three specific dangers: (1) the tendency not to take the rigorous demands of discipleship seriously (vv.13-14); (2) the possibility of being led astray by false prophets who teach, both by word and example, that one can be a disciple while persisting in sin (vv.15-23); and (3) the notion that it is enough simply to hear the teaching of Jesus, without putting his teaching into practice (vv.24-27). Mt 7:28-29 indicates the authority of the teaching word of Jesus and prepares for the next section of the gospel, which describes the authority of the healing word of Jesus (chs. 8-9).