Luke 6:47
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Luke 6:47 in other translations
| BSB | I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them: |
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| WEB | Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will show you who he is like. |
| ASV | Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: |
| YLT | Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like; |
| DARBY | Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will shew you to whom he is like. |
| BBE | Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like: |
| Webster | Whoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like. |
What does Luke 6:47 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 6:41-49
41-49. (See on Mt 7:3-5, Mt 7:16-27.)
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 6:37-49
All these sayings Christ often used; it was easy to apply them. We ought to be very careful when we blame others; for we need allowance ourselves. If we are of a giving and a forgiving spirit, we shall ourselves reap the benefit. Though full and exact returns are made in another world, not in this world, yet Providence does what should encourage us in doing good. Those who follow the multitude to do evil, follow in…
Luke 6:47 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 6:47
- James 1:22-25
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- Matthew 7:24-27
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 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: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
- James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
- Romans 2:7-10
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
- Matthew 12:50
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
- John 14:21-24
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
- John 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
- 1 Peter 2:4
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
- John 15:9-14
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. …
- Hebrews 5:9
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:26; Isa 55:3; Mt 11:28; Joh 5:40; 6:35,37,44,45; 1Pe 2:4
heareth.
Mt 7:24,25; 17:5; Joh 8:52; 9:27,28; 10:27
doeth.
8:8,13; 11:28; Mt 11:29; 12:50; Joh 13:17; 14:15,21-24; 15:9-14
Ro 2:7-10; Heb 5:9; Jas 1:22-25; 4:17; 2Pe 1:10; 1Jo 2:29; 3:7
Re 22:14
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Context
- Luke 6:46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
- Luke 6:47
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
- Luke 6:48
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Luke 6:47 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todo aquel que viene á mí, y oye mis palabras, y las hace, os enseñaré á quién es semejante: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je vous montrerai à qui est semblable tout homme qui vient à moi, et qui entend mes paroles et les met en pratique: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jeder, der zu mir kommt und meine Worte hört und sie tut-ich will euch zeigen, wem er gleich ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnis qui venit ad me, et audit sermones meos, et facit eos, ostendam vobis cui similis sit: |