Matthew 13:19
Every one hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding it, the wicked one comes, and seizes away that which is sown in his heart: he is the one sown by the wayside.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
18Therefore hear ye the parable of the sower.
20But the one sown upon the rocks, is he who heareth the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
Cross References
Matthew 4:23And Jesus was going round all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the people.
Matthew 13:38and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the wicked one,
Luke 8:11And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 10:9and heal the sick who are in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come nigh unto 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 →