so that the blood of all the prophets that was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

So that perhaps, having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all those who see begin to ridicule him,

He is like a man who builds a house, who dug and excavated, and laid a foundation upon the rock. And when a flood developed, the stream beat upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

But he who heard, and not having done, is like a man who built a house upon the soil without a foundation, on which the stream beat, and straightaway it fell. And the ruin of that house became great.