^{24 Ref} "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

^{25 Ref} The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.

^{26 Ref} Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

^{27 Ref} The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."