Matthew 13:6

But when the sun rose, they were scorched. And because they had no root, they withered away.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

In Context

5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up immediately because they had no depth of soil.

7Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

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Cross References

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.

Luke 8:13The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. Yet they have no root; they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

Colossians 1:23if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, without shifting away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been preached in all creation under heaven, and of this gospel I, Paul, have become a servant.

James 1:11For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass, and its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance is lost. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

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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