Matthew 13:6
The sun rose and scorched them and they withered because they had no roots.
Free Bible Version
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
5Other seeds fell on stony ground where there wasn't much earth where they sprouted quickly.
7Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked them.
Cross References
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.
Luke 8:13The 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.
Colossians 1:23But your trust in him must continue rock-solid and immovable. Don't be shaken from the hope of the good news that you heard, the good news that's been shared throughout the world—that's the work that I Paul have been doing.
James 1:11For the sun rises along with the blistering wind and scorches the grass. The flowers fall and their beauty is marred. Everything the rich achieve will fade in just the same way.
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 →