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A "wise man" is an expression that appears in three other sections of Matthew: Matthew 10:16, 24:46, and 25:2-9. [3] This parable is also found in Luke, where it ends the Sermon on the Plain. In Luke there are some important differences from Matthew. Matthew has the house being built on rock, and it thus being secured by good choice of location.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: The World English Bible translates the passage as: Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them
This parable compares building one's life on the teachings and example of Jesus to a flood-resistant building founded on solid rock. The Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders (also known as the House on the Rock), is a parable of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew as well as in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke ().
The previous verse introduced the wise man who built his house on a rock, the rock being a metaphor for the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. The fury of nature is much more elaborate than the version of this parable in Luke, where at Luke 6:48 there is only an overflowing river.
The chapter ends with the parable of the wise and the foolish builders in Matthew 7:24 ... (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. The World English Bible translates the passage as: "The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and
The Parable of the Ten Virgins, also known as the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins or the Parable of the ten bridesmaids, is one of the parables of Jesus. According to Matthew 25:1–13 , ten virgins await a bridegroom; five have brought enough oil for their lamps for the wait, while the oil of the other five runs out.
Parables are one of the many literary forms in the Bible, but are especially seen in the gospels of the New Testament. Parables are generally considered to be short stories such as the Good Samaritan, and are differentiated from metaphorical statements such as, "You are the salt of the earth." A true parable may be regarded as an extended ...