The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders
🜂 Built Upon the Rock “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell — and great was its fall.” (Matthew 7 : 24-27 ESV) In that passage, “these words of mine” refer to the entire teaching Jesus has just delivered in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5 – 7). It is his complete code for what he calls the Kingdom of Heaven — a life rooted in truth, mercy, and integrity rather than appearances . The essence of those words The Beatitudes – blessing the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers. Inner purity over ...