Luke 6:47

Every one that comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

In Context

46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

48He is like a man building a house, who digged deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream burst upon that house, and could not shake it; because it was well builded.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:24Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine[7:24], and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 12:50For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Luke 8:8And another fell into the good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And saying these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

Luke 11:28And he said: Yea, rather, Happy they who hear the word of God, and keep it!

John 5:40and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

John 6:37All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes to me I will not cast out.

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:38-49

Exhortations to Justice and Sincerity. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above… Read the whole commentary →

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