Matthew 13:6

but when the sun rose it was scorched, and withered away because it had no root.

Montgomery New Testament

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

5Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;

7Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:26"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

Luke 8:13"Those on the rock are people who, upon hearing, receive the word with joy; but they have no root. For a time indeed they all believe, but in time of temptation they fall away.

Colossians 1:23And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

James 1:11For as the sun comes up with a burning heat, it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes; so also shall the rich man fade away amid his pursuits.

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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