He is like a man engaged in building a house, who dug deep down and laid his foundation on the rock; when a flood came, the river dashed against that house but could not shake it, for it had been well built.

He who has listened and has not obeyed is like a man who built a house on the earth with no foundation; the river dashed against it and it collapsed at once, and the ruin of that house was great."

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what the people provide (for the workman deserves his wages); you are not to shift from one house to another.

He knew what they were thinking about, so he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, house after house falls down;

"It is written," he told them, "my house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."