Luke 6:46-49
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46 “ Why tis · de do you call kaleō me egō, ‘ Lord kyrios, Lord kyrios,’ and kai do not ou do poieō what hos I say legō? 47 Everyone pas who ho comes erchomai to pros me egō and kai hears akouō my egō · ho words logos and kai does poieō them autos— I will show hypodeiknymi you hymeis whom tis he is eimi like homoios: 48 he is eimi like homoios a man anthrōpos building oikodomeō a house oikia, who hos dug skaptō · kai deep bathunō and kai laid tithēmi the foundation themelios on epi · ho bedrock petra; when a flood plēmmyra · de arose ginomai, the ho river potamos broke prosrēssō against · ho that ekeinos house oikia but kai could ischuō not ou shake saleuō it autos, because dia · ho it autos had been well kalōs built oikodomeō. 49 But de the ho one who hears akouō and kai does not mē do poieō them is eimi like homoios a man anthrōpos building oikodomeō a house oikia on epi the ho ground gē without chōris a foundation themelios; when hos the ho river potamos burst prosrēssō against it, · kai immediately it fell sympiptō, and kai the ho ruin rhēgma of ho that ekeinos house oikia was ginomai great megas.”
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Luke 6:46-49
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46 “Why[a] do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’[b] and don’t do what I tell you?[c]
47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice[d]—I will show you what he is like: 48 He is like a man[e] building a house, who dug down deep,[f] and laid the foundation on bedrock. When[g] a flood came, the river[h] burst against that house but[i] could not shake it, because it had been well built.[j] 49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice[k] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When[l] the river burst against that house,[m] it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”[n]
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- Luke 6:46 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Luke 6:46 tn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.
- Luke 6:46 sn Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you? Respect is not a matter of mere words, but is reflected in obedient action. This short saying, which is much simpler than its more developed conceptual parallel in Matt 7:21-23, serves in this form to simply warn and issue a call to hear and obey, as the last parable also does in vv. 47-49.
- Luke 6:47 tn Grk “and does them.”
- Luke 6:48 tn Here and in v. 49 the Greek text reads ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos), while the parallel account in Matt 7:24-27 uses ἀνήρ (anēr) in vv. 24 and 26.
- Luke 6:48 tn There are actually two different Greek verbs used here: “who dug (ἔσκαψεν, eskapsen) and dug deep (ἐβάθυνεν, ebathunen).” Jesus is placing emphasis on the effort to which the man went to prepare his foundation.
- Luke 6:48 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Luke 6:48 sn The picture here is of a river overflowing its banks and causing flooding and chaos.
- Luke 6:48 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the context.
- Luke 6:48 tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C D Θ Ψ ƒ1,13 M latt), read “because he built [it] on the rock” rather than “because it had been well built” (P75vid א B L W Ξ 33 579 892 1241 2542 sa). The reading of the later mss seems to be a harmonization to Matt 7:25, rendering it most likely secondary.
- Luke 6:49 tn Grk “does not do [them].”
- Luke 6:49 tn Grk “against which”; because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative clause was converted to a temporal clause in the translation and a new sentence started here.
- Luke 6:49 tn Grk “it”; the referent (that house) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Luke 6:49 tn Grk “and its crash was great.”sn The extra phrase at the end of this description (and was utterly destroyed) portrays the great disappointment that the destruction of the house caused as it crashed and was swept away.
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