Luke 6:46–49
“Why do you call me Lord and not do what I say?”
Study it word by word46And why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
47Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you whom he is like:
48he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood came, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
49But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; the river burst against it, and at once it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”
In its context
44For each tree is known by its own fruit; for they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.
45The good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings out what is good, and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings out what is evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
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Its words in the original
- καλεῖτεkaleite· call
Call; name; invite.
- ΚύριεKyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ποιεῖτεpoieite· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- λέγωlegō· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ἐρχόμενοςerchomenos· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- ἀκούωνakouōn· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- λόγωνlogōn· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- ὑποδείξωhypodeixō· show, warn
Show, make known, teach; warn.
- ἐστὶνestin· be
Be, exist.
- ὅμοιοςhomoios· like
Like, similar.
- ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōi· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- οἰκοδομοῦντιoikodomounti· build
Build; in a figurative sense, strengthen others and help them grow.
- οἰκίανoikian· house
House, home.
- ἔσκαψενeskapsen· dig
Dig.
- ἐβάθυνενebathynen· dig deep
Dig deep, make deep.
- ἔθηκενethēken· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- θεμέλιονthemelion· foundation
Foundation, a foundation stone.
- πέτρανpetran· rock
Rock, bedrock.
- πλημμύρηςplēmmyrēs· flood
Flood, high water.
- γενομένηςgenomenēs· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- προσέρηξενproserēxen· burst against
Burst against, beat against with force.
- ποταμὸςpotamos· river
River; a stream of water.
- ἴσχυσενischysen· be strong, be able
Be strong, be able; be valid, be of use.
- σαλεῦσαιsaleusai· shake
Shake, stir; unsettle.
- καλῶςkalōs· well
Well, rightly.
- γῆνgēn· earth, land
Earth: the ground, a country, or the whole world.
- χωρὶςchōris· without, apart from
Without, apart from.
- εὐθὺςeuthys· immediately, straight
Straight, direct; as an adverb, immediately, at once.
- ῥῆγμαrhēgma· collapse, ruin
Collapse, ruin; a break.
- μέγαmega· great
Great, large.