Matthew 13:21

but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

In Context

20But he that is sown on the rocky places this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

22And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

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Cross References

Job 19:28If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

Matthew 5:10Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.

Matthew 7:26And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

Matthew 10:37He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

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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