Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown beside the road.

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In The King James Version

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

In Context

18Listen then to the parable of the farmer who sowed his seed.

20What was sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom cries aloud in the street, 1 she raises her voice in the open places; 1

Proverbs 17:16Why should a fool pay money to learn about wisdom, 1 when he has no ability to learn it? 1

Matthew 4:23Jesus went about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 13:38The field is the world; and the good seed, these are 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 10:9and heal the sick that are there. Say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come close 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 →

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