He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock.

But he that hears and does not, is like a man building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream beat, and it fell immediately; and the ruin of that house was great.

that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out since the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

lest having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all who see ridicule him,