^47 (A)Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and ^[a]acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸ he is like a man building a house, who ^[b]dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁹ But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; and the river burst against it and it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

^63 (A)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; ^(B)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.

^47 (A)The one who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

²⁷ My sheep ^(A)listen to My voice, and ^(B)I know them, and they follow Me;

³⁷ Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “^(A)You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: ^(B)to testify to the truth. ^(C)Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”

The Unshaken Kingdom

^25 (A)See to it that you do not refuse Him who is ^(B)speaking. For ^(C)if those did not escape when they ^(D)refused him who ^(E)warned them on earth, ^[a]much less will we escape who turn away from Him who ^(F)warns us from heaven.

⁷ He again sets a certain day, “Today,” saying ^[a]through David after so long a time just ^(A)as has been said before,

^2 [a](A)in these last days ^(B)has spoken to us ^[b]in His ^(C)Son, whom He appointed ^(D)heir of all things, ^(E)through whom He also made the ^[c](F)world.

²¹ if indeed you ^(A)have heard Him and have ^(B)been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,