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Berean Standard Bible

“But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.”

Matthew 7:26

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Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount with a parable of two builders. Having just described the wise man who builds on rock, he now describes the other.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

King James Version (KJV)

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

American Standard Version (ASV)

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:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y cualquiera que me oye estas palabras, y no las hace, le compararé á un hombre insensato, que edificó su casa sobre la arena;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pero el que oye mis enseñanzas y no las pone en práctica, es como el tonto que edificó su casa sobre la arena.

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