Luke 6:47

I'll give you an example of someone who comes to me, hears my instructions, and follows them.

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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

46So why do you bother to call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ when you don't do what I say?

48That person is like a man building a house. He digs down deep and lays the foundations on solid rock. When the river bursts its banks and the floodwater breaks against the house it's not damaged because it's built so well.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:24Everyone that hears the words I say, and follows them, is like a wise man who built his house on solid rock.

Matthew 12:50For those who do the will of my heavenly Father, they are my brother, sister, and mother!”

Luke 8:8Some seeds fell on good earth and after they grew they produced a harvest one hundred times more than what had been sown.” After he told them this, he called out, “If you have ears, then listen!”

Luke 11:28But Jesus said, “Even more blessed are those who hear God's word, and follow what it says.”

John 5:40And yet you don't want to come to me so that you might live.

John 6:37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and I won't reject any of them.

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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