Matthew 7:26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
KJV
καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀκούων μου τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ μὴ ποιῶν αὐτοὺς ὁμοιωθήσεται ἀνδρὶ μωρῷ, ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἄμμον.
Greek NT
Et omnis qui audit verba mea hæc, et non facit ea, similis erit viro stulto, qui ædificavit domum suam super arenam :
Vulgate
And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
ASV
And every one that heareth these my words and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1970The Law of the Gospel requires us to make the decisive choice between "the two ways" and to put into practice the words of the Lord.26 It is summed up in the Golden Rule, "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; this is the law and the prophets."27 The entire Law of the Gospel is contained in the "new commandment" of Jesus, to love one another as he has loved…
Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. He that heareth and doeth not is like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. Christianity is not merely hearing or knowing, but doing. The whole Sermon on the Mount is a practical religion, a religion of the heart flowing out into the life.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:15 — For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
- 1Sam 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I
- Heb 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
- Jas 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
- Jas 2:14 — What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
- Jas 2:20 — But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
- Jer 8:9 — The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
- Job 22:16 — Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- Luke 6:49 — 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 h
- Matt 13:6 — And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
- Matt 13:21 — Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
- Prov 14:1 — Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
- Prov 14:11 — The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.