Luke 6:49

Now the one having heard, + 6:49 Rebbe Melech HaMoshiachʼs divrei torah and not having put them into practice, is like a man having built a bais (house) upon the ground without a yesod (foundation), which the river struck against, and ofen ort (immediately) the bais collapsed, and gadol (great) was the churban of that bais.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

In Context

48He is likened to the man building a bais who dug and went down deep and laid a yesod upon the av sela (bedrock). And a flood having come, the river struck against that bais, and the flood was not strong enough to shake it, because its binnuy was firm.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 44:16As for the davar that thou hast spoken unto us b'Shem Hashem, we will not pay heed unto thee.

Hosea 4:14I will not visit punishment upon your daughters when they commit whoredom, 1 nor your daughters-in-law when they commit ni'uf (adultery); 1 because the men consort with zonot, 1 and they sacrifice with kedeshot (temple prostitutes); 1 thus the Am without binah (understanding) shall come to ruin. 1

Matthew 13:20And the zera sown upon the rocky places is the person listening to the Dvar Hashem and immediately with simcha receives it.

Matthew 23:3Therefore, everything whatever they may tell you, be frum and be shomer, but according to their ma'asim (works) do not be shomer, for they do not practice what they preach.

Mark 4:17Yet they do not have a shoresh (root) in themselves but are transitory; then when ES TZARAH comes or redifah (persecution) on account of the dvar, ofen ort they fall away, they become shmad. + 4:17 Jer 30:7; Mt 24:21-22

Luke 8:5The one sowing went out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some [seed] fell beside the road; and it was trampled upon, and the birds of the air devoured it.

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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