24 »Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;«25 and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock.26 And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand.27 The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and disastrous is the fall.«