The Wise and Foolish Builders

Two men build houses — one on rock, one on sand. The storms come and one stands, one falls.

²⁴“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.²⁵The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.²⁶Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.²⁷The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”