Matthew 13:6

and the sun having risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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

5And others fell among stones, where they had not much earth: and sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of earth:

7But others fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:26And every one hearing these words of mine, and doing them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

Luke 8:13And those on the stones are they who, when they may hear, receive the word with joy; and they have no root in them, who believe for a time, and in time of temptation they fall away.

Colossians 1:23if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

James 1:11For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.

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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