Matthew 13:6
But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
In Context
7And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Cross References
Matthew 7:26And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.
Luke 8:13And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial.
Colossians 1:23If ye truly continue in the faith, founded, and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good-news that ye heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I Paul became a helper.
James 1:11For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.
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 →