Matthew 13:6
But when the sun was risen, it burned, and, because it had no root, it withered away.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
7And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it.
Cross References
Matthew 7:26And every one who heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a man who built his house upon sand.
Luke 8:13But those who fell upon the rock are those who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; yet root they have not, but for a time is their faith, and in the time of temptation they are offended.
Colossians 1:23if you continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and be not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, and which is proclaimed to every creature who is under heaven, of which I, Paulos, am made a minister.
James 1:11For the sun ariseth in his heat, and drieth the herb, and the flower of it falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth; so also the rich withereth in his reverses.
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 →