Matthew 13:21
Yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary. When tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately falls away.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
20The seed sown on rocky ground is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Matthew 10:37Whoever loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; whoever loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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 →