Matthew 13:19

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

Bible in Basic English

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

18Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

20And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

Proverbs 17:16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

Matthew 13:38And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

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

Luke 10:9And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is 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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