Luke 6:47

Everyone who comes to me and listens to my teaching and acts on it – I will show you to whom they may be compared.

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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

46Why do you call me ‘Master! Master!’ and yet fail to do what I tell you?

48They may be compared to a person building a house, who dug, and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock. Then, when a flood came, the river swept down on that house, but had no power to shake it, because it had been built well.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:24“Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts on it may be compared to a prudent person, who built their house on the rock.

Matthew 12:50For anyone who does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Luke 8:8Other seed fell into rich soil, and grew, and gave a hundredfold return.” After saying this, Jesus cried aloud, “Let those who have ears to hear with hear.”

Luke 11:28But Jesus replied, “Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s message and keep it.”

John 5:40you refuse to come to me to have life.

John 6:37All those whom the Father gives me will come to me; and no one who comes to me will I ever turn away.

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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