Matthew 13:19

(When) any one who heareth the doctrine of the kingdom doth not understand it, there cometh the evil (one), and snatcheth away the doctrine that was sown in his heart: this is what by the road-side was sown.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

18You, then, attend to the comparison of the seed:

20But that which was sown upon the rock is he who heareth the word, and at once with joy apprehendeth it.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:23And Jeshu perambulated all Galila, and taught in their synagogues, and preached the announcement of the kingdom, and healed all disease and affliction in the people.

Matthew 13:38The field is the world. Now, the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the zizania are the sons of the evil one.

Luke 8:11But this is the parable: The seed is the word of Aloha.

Luke 10:9And heal those who are sick, and say to them, There hath drawn nigh upon you the kingdom of Aloha.

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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