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Build Your House on the Rock

46 (A)Now why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 (B)Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who heard and did not do accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the river burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

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46 “And why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?[a]

The Sermon on the Plain: Two Houses and Two Foundations

47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and does them—I will show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when[b] a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been built well. 49 But the one who hears my words[c] and does not do them[d] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, which the river burst against, and immediately it collapsed—and the collapse of that house was great!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:46 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Luke 6:48 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came”)
  3. Luke 6:49 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Luke 6:49 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation