Luke 6:49

Easy To Read Version

But the person that hears my words and does not obey is like a man that does not build his house on rock. When the floods come, the house falls down easily. And the house is completely destroyed.”

Cross References

Proverbs 28:18

If a person is living right, then he will be safe. But if a person is evil, then he will lose his power.

Ezekiel 33:31

So they come to you like they are my people. They sit in front of you like they are my people. They hear your words. But they won’t do the things you say. They only want to do what feels good. They only want to cheat people and make more money.

Hosea 4:14

“I can’t blame {\cf2\super [41]} your daughters for being prostitutes, {\cf2\super [42]} or your daughters-in-law for doing sexual sins. The men go and sleep with prostitutes. They go and offer sacrifices with the temple prostitutes. {\cf2\super [43]} So, those foolish people are destroying themselves.

Matthew 23:3

So you should obey the things they say. You should do all the things they tell you to do. But their lives are not good examples for you to follow. They tell you to do things, but they don’t do those things themselves.

Matthew 24:10

At that time, many believers will lose their faith. They will turn against each other and hate each other.

Mark 4:17

But those people don’t allow the teaching to go deep into their lives. They keep that teaching only a short time. When trouble or persecution {\cf2\super [52]} comes because of the teaching they accepted, they quickly quit.

Luke 12:47

“That servant knew what his master wanted him to do. But that servant did not make himself ready or try to do what his master wanted. So that servant will be punished very much!

Luke 19:14

But the people in the kingdom hated the man. So the people sent a group to follow the man to the other country. In the other country, this group said, ‘We don’t want that man to be our king!’

Luke 19:27

Now where are my enemies? Where are the people that did not want me to be king? Bring my enemies here and kill them. I will watch them die!’”

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but you are not doing what I say?

Luke 6:48

He is like a man building a house. He digs deep and builds his house on rock. The floods come, and the water tries to wash the house away. But the flood cannot move the house, because the house was built well (strong).

Luke 7:1

Jesus finished saying all these things to the people. Then Jesus went into Capernaum. {\cf2\super [123]}

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch {\cf2\super [217]} of mine that does not make fruit. {\cf2\super [218]} And he trims and cleans every branch that makes fruit, so that it will make even more fruit.

Acts 20:29

I know that after I leave, some men will come into your group. They will be like wild wolves. They will try to destroy the flock.

Acts 26:11

In every synagogue {\cf2\super [491]} I punished them. I tried to make them say bad things against {\cf2\super [492]} \{Jesus\}. I was so angry against these people (believers) that I went to other cities to find them and hurt them.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

This is why I sent \{Timothy\} to you, so that I could know about your faith. I sent him when I could not wait any more. I was afraid that the one (the devil) who tempts people might have defeated you with temptations. Then our hard work would have been wasted.

2 Peter 2:20

Those people were made free from the evil things in the world. They were made free by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if those people go back into those evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before.

1 John 2:19

Those enemies of Christ were in our group. But they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, then they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.