Whoever therefore heareth these words of mine, and performeth them, I will compare him to a prudent man, who built his house on a rock:

some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and they soon sprung up indeed, because they had no depth of earth;

And I also say unto thee, as thou art called Peter, so upon this rock, which thou hast confessed, will I build my church, and the gates of death shall not prevail against it.

And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split:

And he bought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock; and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.

and they rose up and drove Him out of the city, and dragged Him to the brow of the hill, on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down the precipice.

And some fell upon stony ground, and as soon as it sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Then fearing least they should fall upon some rocky places, they cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for day.

as it is written, "Behold I lay in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence:" and again, "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."

and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them: and that rock was an emblem of Christ.

who account it a pleasure to riot even in the day; spots and disgraces; revelling in their frauds, while they partake of your feasts:

These are spots in your love-feasts, feeding themselves without fear, when they are feasting with you: clouds without water, carried about by the winds; trees withered and without fruit, twice dead and rooted up; raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame;