Matthew 13:19

Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

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In The King James Version

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

In Context

18Hear ye then the parable of the man who sows.

20And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy,

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom cries aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the broad places.

Proverbs 17:16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

Matthew 4:23And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good-news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Matthew 13:38and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil.

Luke 8:11Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God.

Luke 10:9And heal the weak in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come near to you.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24

The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →

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