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What is the relationship between the truth Jesus expressed in the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders and the Old Testament wisdom literature?
Jesus’ parable minimizes statements in Old Testament wisdom literature.
Jesus’ parable corrects statements in Old Testament wisdom literature.
Jesus’ parable replaces statements in Old Testament wisdom literature.
Jesus’ parable echoes statements in Old Testament wisdom literature.
Jesus’ parable contradicts statements in Old Testament wisdom literature.
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Jesus’ parable echoes statements in Old Testament wisdom literature.
Why: the image and point—build your life on solid wisdom so it stands in storms—draws directly on Hebrew wisdom themes (e.g., Proverbs 24:3–4 “By wisdom a house is built…”; Proverbs 10:25 on safety in a storm; Psalm 1’s picture of the flourishing righteous). Jesus adapts those motifs to stress not just hearing teaching but doing it (cf. “hear and do”), but he does so in continuity with, not in correction of or opposition to, OT wisdom.
Why: the image and point—build your life on solid wisdom so it stands in storms—draws directly on Hebrew wisdom themes (e.g., Proverbs 24:3–4 “By wisdom a house is built…”; Proverbs 10:25 on safety in a storm; Psalm 1’s picture of the flourishing righteous). Jesus adapts those motifs to stress not just hearing teaching but doing it (cf. “hear and do”), but he does so in continuity with, not in correction of or opposition to, OT wisdom.
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