Matthew 7:27 (ASV)

Passage

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

Matthew 7:26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

Matthew 7:27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.

Matthew 7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching:

Matthew 7:29 for he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as their scribes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rain", "descended", "floods", "came", "winds", "blew", "smote", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rain" and "descended", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "And every one that heareth these words..." into verse 28's "And it came to pass when Jesus...", so "rain" and "descended" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "rain" and "descended" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.