Matthew 13:21
yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. For when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
20But the seed sown on stony ground, is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
Cross References
Matthew 5:10“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 7:26“And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
Matthew 10:37He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves 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 →