³⁵ And then ^(A)a voice came from the cloud, saying, “^(B)This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”

¹⁸ So take care how you listen; ^(A)for whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he ^[a]thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

²⁸ But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are ^(A)those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

²³ But this is ^[a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘^(A)Obey My voice, and ^(B)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk ^[b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may ^(C)go well for you.’

¹¹ Then you are to say to them, ‘It is ^(A)because your forefathers have abandoned Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed ^(B)other gods, and served and worshiped them; but they have abandoned Me and have not kept My Law. ¹² You too have done evil, even ^(C)more than your forefathers; for behold, each one of you is following the ^(D)stubbornness of his own ^(E)evil heart, without listening to Me.

^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.”

¹⁸ So take care how you listen; ^(A)for whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he ^[a]thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

³⁵ And then ^(A)a voice came from the cloud, saying, “^(B)This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”

²⁸ But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are ^(A)those who hear the word of God and follow it.”