^{24 Ref} Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

^{25 Ref} and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

^{26 Ref} And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

^{27 Ref} and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.