therefore which heareth these | and heareth my words, and doeth words of mine, and doeth them, | them, I will shew you to whom shall be likened unto a wise |48 he is like: he is like a man man, which built his house upon| building a house, who digged 25 the rock: and the rain | and went deep, and laid a descended, and the floods came,| foundation upon a rock: and and the winds blew, and beat | when a flood arose, the stream upon that house; and it fell | brake against that house, and not: for it was founded upon | could not shake it: [5]because 26 the rock. And every one that |49 it had been well builded. But heareth these words of mine, | he that heareth, and doeth not, and doeth them not, shall be | is like a man that built a likened unto a foolish man, | house upon the earth without a which built his house upon the | foundation; against which the 27 sand: and the rain descended, | stream brake, and straightway and the floods came, and the | it fell in; and the ruin of winds blew, and smote upon that| that house was great. house; and it fell: and great | was the fall thereof. | 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes 29 were astonished at his teaching: for he taught them as _one_ having authority, and not as their scribes. 1 And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. [Footnote 1: Some ancient authorities omit _is the gate_.] [Footnote 2: Many ancient authorities read _How narrow is the gate, &c._] [Footnote 3: Gr. _demons_.] [Footnote 4: Gr. _powers_.] [Footnote 5: Many ancient authorities read _for it had been founded upon the rock:_ as in Matt. 7:25.] _In sections 55 to 58 we see the rapid spread of Christ's influence and the inquiry from the Baptist in prison._[a] [Footnote a: Here we have only Matthew and Luke, a block from the Logia of Matthew.] § 55. JESUS HEALS A CENTURION'S SERVANT AT CAPERNAUM