Luke 6:48
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
47I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
2 Samuel 22:2He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
2 Samuel 22:32For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
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 →