Matthew 13:20

But the sown on the rocky soil, is he who having heard the word, and instantly with joy receiving it,

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

In Context

19When any person heareth the word of the kingdom, and doth not understand it, the wicked one cometh, and snatcheth away what was sown on his heart: such is he who is the sown by the road-side.

21hath not really root in himself, but is merely temporary: and when tribulation or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately he is stumbled.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:5and other seed fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

Mark 6:20for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man; and paid great attention to him and when he heard him, did many things, and heard him with delight.

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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