Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
20The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Matthew 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Matthew 13:38The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
Luke 8:11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 10:9Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’
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 →