47
I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.
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.
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, immediately it fell, and great was the ruin of that house."
[a].
Other ancient authorities read [founded upon the rock]
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