Luke 6:49

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

That heareth

Against

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Immediately

Matthew 12:43

Mark 4:17

1 John 2:19

The ruin

2 Peter 2:20

Bible References

That heareth

But why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

A sower went out to sow his seed. And while he was sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it.

But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this man to rule over us.

And he responding said, I am not willing: but afterward, having regretted, he went.

therefore do and keep all things so many as they may speak to you, but do not according to their works; for they say, and do not.

Every branch in me not producing fruit, He takes it away: and every one producing fruit, He purifies it, that it may produce more fruit.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

So indeed faith, if it may not have works, is dead, as to itself.

And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge;

And in this we know that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments.

Against

But the one sown upon the rocks, is he who heareth the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

and then many will be offended; and they will betray one another, and hate one another.

I know, that after my departure grievous wolves will rise up against you, not sparing the flock;

and throughout all the synagogues, frequently punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, I was persecuting them even also unto foreign cities.

Therefore I indeed, no longer containing, sent that I might know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter tempted you, and our labor may be in vain.

Immediately

And when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds none.

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary; then tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, they are immediately offended:

They came out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us: but in order that they might be made manifest that they are not all of us.

The ruin

For I say unto you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

When the unclean spirit may go out from the man, he goes through dry places; seeking rest, and finding none, he says, I will return into my own house, whence I came out.

But that servant knowing the will of his lord, and not preparing or doing according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

For we sinning willingly after we have received the perfect knowledge of the truth, there is left no more sacrifice for sins,

For if having escaped the pollutions of the world through the perfect knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and having again become entangled in these things, they are overcome, the last state has to them become worse than the first.