Build on the Rock(A)

46 (B)“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? 47 (C)Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was [a]founded on the rock. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it [b]fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:48 NU well built
  2. Luke 6:49 NU collapsed

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