24 “Therefore
whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him
to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25
and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat
on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But
everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will
be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew
and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” 28
And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people
were astonished at His teaching, 29 for He taught
them as one having authority, and not as the scribes."