Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and 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.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
18“So hear what the parable of the sower means:
20The seed sown on rocky ground is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
Cross References
Matthew 4:23Then Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 13:38The field is the world, and the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. The tares are the sons of the evil one,
Luke 8:11“Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 10:9Heal the sick in that city and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has drawn near to 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 →