Luke 6:48 (WEB)

Passage

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

Luke 6:47 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who 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. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

Luke 6:49 But he who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "like", "building", "house", "went", "deep", "laid", "foundation", and "rock". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "like" and "building", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 47's "Everyone who comes to me and hears..." into verse 49's "But he who hears and doesn t...", so "like" and "building" 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 "like" and "building" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.