Matthew 7:26 (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.
Catechism · 1
“The Law of the Gospel requires us to make the decisive choice between "the two ways" and to put into practice the words of the Lord.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 7:13-14,21-27.
Fathers and councils · 13
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.1Book III
“…upon a rock,” etc. So also the declaration: “Whoso heareth these things, and doeth them not, is like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand,” etc. Even the words addressed to those who are on His right hand, “Come unto Me, all ye blessed of My Father,” etc.; “for I was an hungered, and ye gave Me to eat;…” — editor's note: Matt. vii. 26.
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“…who built his house upon a rock,” etc., etc.; “while he that heareth them, but doeth them not, is like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand,” etc. And when He says to those on His right hand, “Come, ye blessed of My Father,” etc.; “for I was an hungered, and ye gave Me to eat; I was athirst, and ye gave…” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. vii. 26.
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John Chrysostom
““And every one,” saith He, “that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand.”” — editor's note: Matt. vii. 26. [R.V., “these words.”—R.]
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Jerome
“But your house—she went on—having no sure foundation of faith fell before a whirlwind of the devil.” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. vii. 24–27.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…and, because they had no depth of earth, sprang up at once, but could not bear even the first heat of the sun; or like the foundation laid upon the sand, which could not even make a slight resistance to the rain and the winds.” — editor's note: Ib. vii. 26.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and its ruin became great.”” — editor's note: Matt. vii. 24–27.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But he that heareth my words, and doeth them not” (now let each one of us fear and beware), “I will liken him to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.”” — editor's note: Matt. vii. 24–27.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Because there would be some who would admire the things that were said by the Lord, but would not add that shewing forth of them which is in action, He threatens them before, saying, “Every man that hears these words…
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He said not, I will account him that hears and does, as wise; but, “He shall be likened to a wise man.” He then that is likened is a man; but to whom is he likened? To Christ; but Christ is the wise man who had built…
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Or the great ruin is to be understood that with which the Lord will say to them that hear and do not, “Go ye into everlasting fire.” [Matt 25:41]
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Or otherwise; On sand which is loose and cannot be bound into one mass, all the doctrine of heretics is built so as to fall.
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Otherwise; By the showers He signifies the allurements of smooth and gently invading pleasures, with which the faith is at first watered as with spreading rills, afterwards comes down the rush of torrent floods, that…
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Otherwise; Rain, when it is put to denote any evil, is understood as the darkness of superstition; rumours of men are compared to winds; the flood signifies the lust of the flesh, as it were flowing over the land,…
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 7:24–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §1970.
Cited together in Catechism §1970.
Cited together in Catechism §1970.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 7:24–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 7:24–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.