Matthew 13:21
Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Job 19:28Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?
Psalms 36:3For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, that his iniquity may be found unto hatred.
Proverbs 12:12The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than 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 →