The Two Foundations

²⁴ “Therefore ^(A)everyone who hears these words of Mine and ^[a]acts on them, ^[b]may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the ^[c]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶ Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not ^[d]act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ The rain fell, and the ^[e]floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

^28 [f](B)When Jesus had finished these words, ^(C)the crowds were amazed at His teaching; ²⁹ for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

²⁸ But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are ^(A)those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

²⁵ But one who looks intently at the perfect law, ^(A)the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but ^[a]an effectual doer, this man will be ^(B)blessed in ^[b]what he does.