Matthew 13:19

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.

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In Context

18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

Luke 8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 10:9And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is 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 →

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