Luke 6:47

Every one coming unto me, and hearkening unto my words, and doing them, I will suggest to you, whom he is like:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 not do the things that I say?

48He is like unto a man building a house, who digged, and deepened, and laid a foundation upon the rock,—and, a flood, coming, the stream burst against that house, and was not strong enough to shake it, because it had been, well, built.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:24Every one, therefore, who heareth [these] my words, and doeth them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

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

Luke 8:8And, other, fell into good ground; and, growing, brought forth fruit, a hundredfold. These things, saying, he went on to cry aloud—He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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

John 5:40And yet ye choose not to come unto me, that, life, ye may have.

John 6:37All that which the Father is giving me, unto me, will have come, and, him that cometh unto me, in nowise will I 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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