Matthew 7:26

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And every person who hears these words of mine but does not obey them will be like the foolish person who built his house on [a foundation of] sand.

Cross References

Matthew 7:24

“Every person therefore, who hears these words of mine and obeys them will be like the sensible person who built his house on a [foundation of] rock.

Matthew 7:25

The [heavy] rains came down and the flood waters rose and the winds blew and beat down on that house, but it did not collapse, for it was [built] on a foundation of rock.

Matthew 7:27

And the [heavy] rains came down and the flood waters rose and the winds blew and struck against that house [until] it collapsed with a terrible crash.”

Luke 6:49

But the person who hears [my words] and does not obey them is like a man who built a house on the ground, without a foundation. [When] the river pounded against it, immediately it collapsed and the destruction of that house was complete.”

James 2:20

But will you acknowledge, you foolish person, that faith without [good] deeds is useless?