¹⁶ So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

The Wise and Foolish Builders^(A)

²⁴ “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice^(B) is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

²⁵ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

² A man with leprosy^[a](A) came and knelt before him^(B) and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.”^(A) And his servant was healed at that moment.

²² Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart,^(A) daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.”^(B) And the woman was healed at that moment.^(C)

²⁹ Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”;^(A)

⁶ Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”^(A)

²⁸ “Come to me,^(A) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.^(B)