Luke 6:47 (LSB)

Passage

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like:

Nearby Context

Luke 6:45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil. For his mouth speaks from the abundance of his heart.

Luke 6:46 “Now why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

Luke 6:47 Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like:

Luke 6:48 he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

Luke 6:49 But the one who heard and did not do accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the river burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "everyone", "comes", "hears", "words", "does", "show", and "like". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "everyone" and "comes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 46's "Now why do you call Me Lord..." into verse 48's "he is like a man building a...", so "everyone" and "comes" 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 "everyone" and "comes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.