Luke 6:48
KJV
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
NIV
They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
The emphasis in the KJV is on the foundation: a rock, symbolizing Christ and his words. But modern Bibles shift the focus to the house being “well built.” While believers may differ in their works, the difference between survival and destruction in this parable is not how well we build, but what we build on. Our house endures not because of our own craftsmanship, but because it is founded upon Christ.
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