Luke 6:47

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Summary

Luke 6:47

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

Cometh

1 Peter 2:4

Heareth

John 10:27

Doeth

General references

Luke 11:28

Bible References

Cometh

"If anyone comes to me [i.e., to be my disciple], and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters and, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Come to me, all of you who are overworked and overburdened and I will give you rest [i.e., spiritual refreshment].

But you do not want to come to me [i.e., to believe in me. See verse 38] so that you will have [never ending] life.

Jesus replied, "I am the bread who gives [spiritual] life; the person who comes to me will never get hungry [again], and the one who believes in me will never get thirsty [again].

You should come to Him, who is a living stone, rejected by people, but chosen as precious in God's sight.

Heareth

"Every person therefore, who hears these words of mine and obeys them will be like the sensible person who built his house on a [foundation of] rock.

While he was still talking, suddenly a bright cloud engulfed them. Just then, a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, "This is my dearly loved Son, who is very pleasing to me; listen to Him."

The Jews [i.e., the authorities] replied, "Now we know that you are dominated by an evil spirit. Abraham and the prophets [all] died and [yet] you are saying, 'If a person obeys my message, he will never experience death.'

He answered them, "I just told you, but you would not listen. Why should I tell you again? Do you men want to become his disciples, too?"

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Doeth

And [still] other [seed] fell into fertile soil; it grew and produced a crop of one hundred times [as much as was planted]. As He said these things, He called out, "The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully."

But Jesus said, "Yes, but those who listen to God's message and obey it are [more] blessed."

Accept my reins [on your life], and learn about me, because I am gentle and humble, and [in my service] you will experience rest in your spirits.

"For whoever will do what my Father in heaven desires, is my brother and sister and mother."

If you know these things, you will be happy if you practice them.

If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

"Just as the Father has loved me, [so] I have also loved you. You should continue to receive [or, respond to] my love. [Note: The next verse tells how this can be done].

To the ones who continue doing what is good and who look for glory, honor and immortal life [God will give] never ending life.

and after becoming perfectly [qualified], He became the source of never ending salvation to all those who obey Him.

But you should not deceive yourselves by just listening [to God's word] instead of doing what the word teaches.

So, the person who knows the good [he ought] to be doing, but is not doing it, is sinning.

So, brothers, be diligent to make sure of your calling and election [i.e., of your status as being selected by God], for when you do, you will never stumble [and fall away from God].

If you know that Christ is [truly] righteous [verse 1], then you should also know that everyone who does what is right has been [spiritually] conceived [and eventually born] by God [See 5:18].

Little children [i.e., dear ones], do not allow anyone to lead you astray [from the truth]; the person who continues to do what is right is [considered by God as] righteous, even as Christ is righteous.

Those who wash their robes are blessed because [then] they will have the right to [eat from] the tree of life, and will [be able to] enter the city through the gates.

General references

But Jesus said, "Yes, but those who listen to God's message and obey it are [more] blessed."