Matthew 13:6
But when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
In Context
7But others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them out.
Cross References
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:
Luke 8:13But those on the rock are they that, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of testing fall away.
Colossians 1:23if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm and not drifting away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was proclaimed to all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, have become a minister. 1 Paul's Ministry to the Church
James 1:11For the sun arose with burning heat and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and its beautiful appearance perished. So the rich man also shall fade away in his pursuits. 1 Loving God Under Trials
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 →