Matthew 13:19
With anyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, evil comes and carries away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received the seed by the side of the road.
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In Context
18Listen, then, to the parable of the sower.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom forewarns far and wide; she bestows her voice in the streets.
Proverbs 17:16What does it profit the foolish to have riches, when he is not able to buy wisdom? Whoever makes his house high seeks ruin. And whoever shuns learning shall fall into evils.
Matthew 4:23And Jesus traveled throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every infirmity among the people.
Matthew 13:38Now the field is the world. And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.
Luke 8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 10:9And cure the sick who are in that place, and proclaim to them, ‘The kingdom of God has drawn 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 →