Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.

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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

5Others fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; so they sprouted quickly because they had no depth of earth.

7And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and smothered them.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:26But every one 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 8:13Those on the rock ledge are the ones who, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy; yet these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of testing fall away.

Colossians 1:23if, that is, you continue in the Faith established and firm, not drifting away from the hope of the Gospel, that you heard and that was proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

James 1:11For the sun rises with its burning heat and withers the grass, and its flower falls off and the beauty of its face perishes. Just so the rich man will be withered in his undertakings.

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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