Matthew 13:21
They last for a while, but because they don't have roots, when problems and troubles come, they quickly fall away.
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20The seeds sown on stony ground are people who hear the message and happily accept it straight away.
Cross References
Job 19:28You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’
Psalms 36:3Whatever they say is deceptive and deceitful. They no longer do anything wisely or for good.
Proverbs 12:12Wicked people long for ill-gotten gains, but good people are productive themselves.
Matthew 5:10Blessed are those persecuted for what is right, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Matthew 7:26Everyone that hears the words I say, and doesn't follow them, is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Matthew 10:37If you love your father or mother more than me you don't deserve to be mine, and if you love your son or daughter more than me you don't deserve to be mine.
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 →