Luke 8:13

Now the ones upon the rock are those who when they hear, with simcha they receive the dvar; but these have no shoresh (root). They have emunah for a while, but in time of nisayon (trial, temptation), they become shmad and they fall away.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

In Context

12The ones beside the road are the ones having heard, then HaSatan comes and takes away the dvar Hashem from their levavot, so that they may not have emunah (faith) and come to Yeshu'at Eloheinu.

14Now the seed which fell among thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their derech, they are choked by the deagot (worries, anxieties) and ashires (riches) and taanugot (pleasures) of the Olam Hazeh and they bring no pri to maturity.

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Cross References

Job 19:28But ye think, How we will persecute him, 1 seeing the shoresh (root) of the matter is found in me? 1

Proverbs 12:3An adam shall not be made secure by resha, 1 but the shoresh tzaddikim (root of the righteous ones) shall not be moved. + 12:3 T.N. Cf 12:4 and 31:10 . 1

Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek Me yom yom (daily), 1 and for the da'as of My Drakhim they seem eager, 1 like a Goy (Nation) that doeth tzedakah, 1 like one that did not forsake mishpat Elohav; 1 they ask of Me the mishpetei-tzedek; 1 they seem eager for kirvat Elohim (getting close to G-d, revival). 1

Hosea 6:4O Ephrayim, what shall I do unto thee? 1 O Yehudah, what shall I do with thee? 1 For your chesed (faithfulness, loyalty) is as an anan boker (morning cloud), and as the early dew that disappears. 1

Mark 4:16And these are the ones sown upon the rocky places: when they hear the dvar, ofen ort with simcha they receive it.

Luke 22:31Shim'on, Shim'on, hinei, HaSatan asked for you, to sift you like wheat. + 22:31 Job 1:6-12; Am 9:9

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 →

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