Matthew 13:19
"Whenever any one hears the message of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18"Listen then, to the parable of the sower.
20"This is the seed sown by the wayside. And the word, and at once receives it with joy.
Cross References
Matthew 4:23Then Jesus went about through Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.
Matthew 13:38"the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One.
Luke 8:11"This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God.
Luke 10:9"Heal the sick in that town and tell them, The kingdom of God draws near to 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 →