But the person who hears what I say but doesn't act on it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. When the floodwaters pushed against it, that house quickly collapsed, and the resulting destruction of that house was extensive."

They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.

"Whatever house you go into, first say, "May there be peace in this house.'

Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a hideout for bandits!"