579 B
579 B
(Jesus continues to teach the crowd about the importance of obeying him.)
a man who built a house...
*This metaphor now compares a man building a house without a foundation to a person who does not obey the teachings of Jesus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
foundation
"base" or "support"
without a foundation
This could be translated as "but he did not dig down and build a foundation first."
torrent of water
"fast-moving water" or "river"
flowed against
"crashed against"
collapsed
"fell down" or "came apart"