Luke 6:40-48

40 ¹A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is ²fully trained will be like his teacher.

41 ³Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but ⁴do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

42 How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

A Tree and Its Fruit

43 "For ⁵no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,

44 for ⁶each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.

45 ⁷The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces ⁸evil, ⁹for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Build Your House on the Rock

46 ¹⁰"Why ¹¹do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?

47 ¹²Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is 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.^[a]

Cross References

• 1. See Matthew 10:24
• 2. 2 Corinthians 13:11; Hebrews 13:21; 1 Peter 5:10; [1 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Timothy 3:17]
• 3. [See ver. 37 above]
• 4. [John 8:7-9]
• 5. For ver. 43, 44, see Matthew 7:16, 20
• 6. Matthew 12:33
• 7. Matthew 12:35; Matthew 15:18, 19; [Matthew 13:52; Ephesians 4:29]
• 8. [Matthew 5:37]
• 9. Matthew 12:34
• 10. [Malachi 1:6]; See Matthew 7:21
• 11. John 13:13
• 12. For ver. 47-49, see Matthew 7:24-27

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts founded upon the rock