Luke 8:13

Now those upon rock are those who, when they hear it, accept the word with joy, but these have no roots. So they believe for a time, but in a time of testing, they fall away.

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In The King James Version

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

In Context

12And those beside the way are those who hear it, but then the devil comes and takes the word from their heart, lest by believing it they may be saved.

14And those which fell among thorns are those who have heard it, but as they go along, they are suffocated by the concerns and riches and pleasures of this life, and so they do not yield fruit.

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Cross References

Job 19:28Why then do you now say: “Let us pursue him, and let us find a basis to speak against him?”

Proverbs 12:3Man will not be made strong from impiety. And the root of the just shall not be moved.

Isaiah 58:2For they also seek me, from day to day, and they are willing to know my ways, like a nation which has done justice and has not abandoned the judgment of their God. They petition me for judgments of justice. They are willing to draw near to God.

Hosea 6:4What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your mercy is like the morning mist, and like the dew passing away in the morning.

Mark 4:16And similarly, there are those who were sown upon stony ground. These, when they have heard the word, immediately accept it with gladness.

Luke 22:31And the Lord said: “Simon, Simon! Behold, Satan has asked for you, so that he may sift you like wheat.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22

The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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