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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 do poieō them is eimi like homoios a man anthrōpos building oikodomeō a house oikia on epi the ho ground 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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The Two Foundations

46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?(A) 47 I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.(B) 48 That one is like a man building a house who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built.[a] 49 But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it quickly collapsed, and great was the ruin of that house.”

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Footnotes

  1. 6.48 Other ancient authorities read founded upon the rock