He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
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Gill's Exposition
But he that heareth, and doth not,.... Hears Christ's sayings externally, but does not obey his commands:
is like a man that without a foundation built upon the earth: that is, without digging for a…
See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luk 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully…
Adam Clarke
He is like a man, etc. - See on Mat 7:24-27 (note).
All these sayings of Christ we had before in Matthew; some of them in ch. 7, others in other places. They were sayings that Christ often used; they needed only to be mentioned, it was easy to apply…
Cambridge Bible
he is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock The E.V. here loses all the picturesque force of the original. Rather, he is like a man building a house, who…
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