Luke 8:13
The seeds that fall on the stony ground are those who hear and welcome the message with joy but don't have any roots. They trust for a while but when difficult times come they give up.
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Job 19:28You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’
Proverbs 12:3Wickedness doesn't provide security, but those who live right are deeply rooted and cannot be moved.
Isaiah 58:2Every day they come to me, pleased to know my ways as if they were a nation that does what is right and follows the laws of their God! They ask me to treat them right; they like to be close to their God.
Hosea 6:4Ephraim, what shall I do with you? Judah, what shall I do with you? Your love disappears like mist at dawn; it vanishes like dew in the morning.
Mark 4:16Likewise the seeds on the rocky ground illustrate those who hear the word, and happily accept it right away.
Luke 22:31“Simon, Simon—Satan has asked to have all of you to sift like wheat,
Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22
The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →