⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”^(A)

¹⁴ You are my friends^(A) if you do what I command.^(B)

²² Noah did everything just as God commanded him.^(A)

⁸ By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,^(A) obeyed and went,^(B) even though he did not know where he was going.

⁵ Simon answered, “Master,^(A) we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything.^(B) But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

⁶ When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.^(C)

⁹ and, once made perfect,^(A) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him

⁶ “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”^(A)

The Wise and Foolish Builders^(A)

⁴⁶ “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’^(B) and do not do what I say?^{(C) 47} As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice,^(D) I will show you what they are like. ⁴⁸ They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. ⁴⁹ But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

¹⁴ She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink^(A) nor eat anything unclean.^(B) She must do everything I have commanded her.”