Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 6:47

"Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:" — Luke 6:47 (ASV)

Whosoever comes to me. See Notes on Matthew 7:24-27.

Here again, the nearly identical verbal reproduction of the parable shows the impression that its repetition had left on the minds of people. The variations, however, are not without significance.

St. Luke alone reports that the wise man digged deep (better, digged, and made it deep), and so brings out the toil and labor that attends the laying of the foundation. It is not a passing emotion of assurance, a momentary act of faith, but involves a process that goes deep through the surface strata of the life, until it finds a foundation in a purified and strengthened will, or, to anticipate St. Paul’s teaching, in the new man within us, which is one with the presence of Christ as the hope of glory (Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 1:27).