Matthew 13:20

And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

In Context

19Everyone hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding—the evil one comes, and snatches that which has been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

21and he has no root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:13And Saul says, “There is no man put to death on this day, for today YHWH has worked salvation in Israel.”

2 Chronicles 24:6And the king calls for Jehoiada the head and says to him, “Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of YHWH, and of the assembly of Israel, for the Tent of the Testimony?

Psalms 78:34If He slew them, then they sought Him, || And turned back, and earnestly sought God,

Isaiah 58:2They seek Me day by day, || And they desire the knowledge of My ways, || As a nation that has done righteousness, || And has not forsaken the judgment of its God, || They ask of Me judgments of righteousness, || They desire the drawing near of God:

Matthew 13:5and others fell on the rocky places where they did not have much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through having no depth of earth,

Mark 6:20for Herod was fearing John, knowing him [to be] a righteous and holy man, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

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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