Luke 6:48

46 Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?

47 I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

49 But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
KJV
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
WEB
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
ASV
he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.
DARBY
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded on the rock.
BLB
He is like a man building a house, who dug and deepened and laid a foundation on the rock. And a flood having come, the river burst upon that house, and it was not able to shake it, because it [was] well built.
ÅB
Han er lik et menneske som skulle bygge et hus, og som gravde dypt ned og la grunnvollen på fjell; og da det ble flom, brøt strømmen imot det hus, og den var ikke i stand til å rokke det, fordi det var godt bygget.
OTB
De er som en person som bygger et hus, som gravde dypt og la grunnmuren på fjell. Da en flom kom, slo strømmen mot det huset, men kunne ikke ryste det, fordi det var godt bygd.
B1930
Han er lik et menneske som skulde bygge et hus, og som gravde dypt ned og la grunnvollen på fjell; og da det blev flom, brøt strømmen imot det hus, og den var ikke i stand til å rokke det, fordi det var godt bygget.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 3:10–15

    By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

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  • Psalms 62:2

    He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

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  • Matthew 7:25–26

    The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

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  • Isaiah 28:16

    So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

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  • Jude 1:24

    Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

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  • Ephesians 2:20

    built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

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  • 1 Peter 2:4–6

    As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

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  • Isaiah 26:4

    Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.

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