Matthew 13:19

Every one that heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the seed sowed in his heart: this is what was sowed by the side of the path.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18But hear ye the similitude of the seed.

20And that which was sowed on the rock, is he that heareth the word, and at once receiveth it with joy.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:23And Jesus traveled over all Galilee. and he taught in their synagogues and proclaimed the tidings of the kingdom; and he cured every disease and malady among the people.

Matthew 13:38And the field is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked One.

Luke 8:11But this is the similitude: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 10:9And heal them that are sick in it; and say to them: The kingdom of God hath come near 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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