Luke 6:49 (YLT)

Passage

`And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

Nearby Context

Luke 6:47 Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like;

Luke 6:48 he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

Luke 6:49 `And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heard", "like", "having", "builded", "house", "upon", "earth", and "without". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heard" and "like", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "he is like to a man building...", giving immediate footing for "heard" and "like". In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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