Matthew 7:24 Parallel Translations

"Therefore, everyone who hears what I say and obeys it will be like a wise person who built a house on rock.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

ASV:

Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

BBE:

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

DBY:

Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

ERV:

Every one therefore which heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, which built his house upon the rock:

WEY:

"Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;

WBS:

Therefore whoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:

WEB:

"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

YLT:

'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

Matthew 7:24 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 16:18 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

Luke 6:47 "Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like:

James 1:22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:24 {8} Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
(8) True godliness rests only upon Christ, and therefore always remains invincible.

PNT:

7:24 Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine. The words that he has spoken in this discourse, and all his teachings.
I will liken him unto a wise man. The wise man, with wise forethought, has built on a firm foundation. In a country with a rainy season and heavy floods this was essential. The man who hears and does Christ's words is building upon the rock (Mt 16:16).

WES:

7:24 Luke 6:47.

MHC:

7:21-29 Christ here shows that it will not be enough to own him for our Master, only in word and tongue. It is necessary to our happiness that we believe in Christ, that we repent of sin, that we live a holy life, that we love one another. This is his will, even our sanctification. Let us take heed of resting in outward privileges and doings, lest we deceive ourselves, and perish eternally, as multitudes do, with a lie in our right hand. Let every one that names the name of Christ, depart from all sin. There are others, whose religion rests in bare hearing, and it goes no further; their heads are filled with empty notions. These two sorts of hearers are represented as two builders. This parable teaches us to hear and do the sayings of the Lord Jesus: some may seem hard to flesh and blood, but they must be done. Christ is laid for a foundation, and every thing besides Christ is sand. Some build their hopes upon worldly prosperity; others upon an outward profession of religion. Upon these they venture; but they are all sand, too weak to bear such a fabric as our hopes of heaven. There is a storm coming that will try every man's work. When God takes away the soul, where is the hope of the hypocrite? The house fell in the storm, when the builder had most need of it, and expected it would be a shelter to him. It fell when it was too late to build another. May the Lord make us wise builders for eternity. Then nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ Jesus. The multitudes were astonished at the wisdom and power of Christ's doctrine. And this sermon, ever so often read over, is always new. Every word proves its Author to be Divine. Let us be more and more decided and earnest, making some one or other of these blessednesses and Christian graces the main subject of our thoughts, even for weeks together. Let us not rest in general and confused desires after them, whereby we grasp at all, but catch nothing.

CONC:

Acts Builds Built Compared Heareth Hears Liken Likened Practice Prudent Puts Resemble Rock Sayings Teachings Wise

Acts Builds Built Compared Found Hear Heareth Hears House Liken Practice Puts Resemble Rock Sayings Teachings Wise Words

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