Luke 6:47 (GNV)

Passage

Whosoeuer commeth to mee, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I will shewe you to whome he is like:

Nearby Context

Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good, and an euill man out of the euill treasure of his heart bringeth foorth euill: for of the aboundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Luke 6:46 But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake?

Luke 6:47 Whosoeuer commeth to mee, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I will shewe you to whome he is like:

Luke 6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deepe, and layde the fundation on a rocke: and when the waters arose, the flood beat vpon that house, and coulde not shake it: for it was grounded vpon a rocke.

Luke 6:49 But hee that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built an house vpon the earth without foundation, against which the flood did beate, and it fell by and by: and the fall of that house was great.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whosoeuer", "commeth", "heareth", "wordes", "doeth", "same", "shewe", and "whome". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whosoeuer" and "commeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 46's "But why call ye me Lord Lord..." into verse 48's "He is like a man which built...", so "whosoeuer" and "commeth" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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