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.
Judge not, that you be not judged; condemn not, that you be not condemned. Show to others the mercy you need yourself, and God will show mercy to you; the merciful to others' names shall find others merciful to theirs. Forgive, give liberally, and it shall be given back into your bosom.
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Commenting on Luke 6:37-49
But he that heareth, and doth not,.... Hears Christ's sayings externally, but does not obey his commands: is like a man that without a foundation built upon the earth: that is, without digging for a foundation, built his house upon the surface of the earth; "upon the dust of it", as the Syriac version renders it; or, "upon the sand", as Matthew says: "against which...
Verse 48. ; ; ; ; ; ; . (d) "is like a man" (e) "could not shake it" (f) "founded upon a rock"