Luke 6:47 “I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and…”

Luke 6:47

I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

World English Bible

Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will show you who he is like.

American Standard Version

Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:

Geneva Bible 1599

Whosoeuer commeth to mee, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I will shewe you to whome he is like:

Darby Translation

Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will shew you to whom he is like.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

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Cross references

“cometh”

1 Peter 2:4 Luke 14:26 Isaiah 55:3 John 5:40 John 6:35 John 6:37

1 Peter 2:4 · BSB

As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

Luke 14:26 · BSB

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Isaiah 55:3 · BSB

Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.

John 5:40 · BSB

yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

John 6:35 · BSB

Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

John 6:37 · BSB

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

“heareth”

John 10:27 Matthew 17:5 John 8:52 Matthew 7:24 Matthew 7:25 John 9:27

John 10:27 · BSB

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

Matthew 17:5 · BSB

While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

John 8:52 · BSB

“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

Matthew 7:24 · BSB

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 7:25 · BSB

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

John 9:27 · BSB

He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

“doeth”

James 1:22–25 Luke 11:28 John 14:15 James 4:17 Matthew 12:50 Romans 2:7–10

James 1:22–25 · BSB

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Luke 11:28 · BSB

But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

John 14:15 · BSB

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

James 4:17 · BSB

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

Matthew 12:50 · BSB

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

Romans 2:7–10 · BSB

To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

46Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?

48He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

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