Matthew 13:20

He that received seed on the stony places is he that hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

In Context

19When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the wayside.

21Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately takes offense.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:5Others fell on stony places, where they had not much earth; and they immediately sprung up, because they had no depth of earth.

Mark 6:20for Herod feared John, because he knew him to be a just and holy man; and he kept him in safety. And having heard him, he did many things, and heard him with pleasure.

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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