Matthew 13:21
But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
Cross References
Job 19:28If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his 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 →