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46 "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?
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“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:
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As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like.
48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
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They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
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But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”
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