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- Jesus continues to teach the crowd about the importance of obeying him.
- a man who built a house... - This metaphor now compares a man building a house without a foundation to a person who does not obey the teachings of Jesus. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- foundation - "base" or "support" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- without a foundation - This could be translated as "but he did not dig down and build a foundation first."
- torrent of water - "fast-moving water" or "river" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- flowed against - "crashed against" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- collapsed - "fell down" or "came apart" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)