Luke 6:49 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴⁹ But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁹ But he who merely hears and does not practice doing My words is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the torrent burst, and immediately it collapsed and fell, and the breaking and ruin of that house was great.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁹ But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

Common English Bible

⁴⁹ But those who don’t put into practice what they hear are like a person who built a house without a foundation. The floodwater smashed against it and it collapsed instantly. It was completely destroyed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁹ But whoever hears and does not do: he is like a man building his house upon the soil, without a foundation. The river rushed against it, and it soon fell down, and the ruin of that house was great."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁹ But he that heareth, and doth not, is like to a man building his house upon the earth without a foundation: against which the stream beat vehemently, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.

Luke 6:49 Cross References

Proverbs 28:18

He who walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is perverse in his ways will fall into a pit.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain.

Hosea 4:14

I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with harlots, and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.

Matthew 23:3

so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.

Matthew 24:10

And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another.

Mark 4:17

and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

Luke 12:47

And that servant who knew his master's will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating.

Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

Luke 19:27

But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’ ”

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

Luke 6:48

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep, and laid the foundation upon rock; and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

Luke 7:1

After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Caperna-um.

John 15:2

Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

Acts 26:11

And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and in raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent that I might know your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor would be in vain.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that it might be plain that they all are not of us.