He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world—

Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him,