Luke 6:49 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

⁴⁹But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell — and great was its destruction!”

— Luke 6:49

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