Matthew 13:20

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

19Every 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.

21Yet hath he no root in him, but is of short duration, and when there is trouble or persecution on account of the word, he soon stumbleth.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:5And other seed fell upon a rock, so that it had not much soil: and it sprung up forthwith, because there was no depth of earth.

Mark 6:20For Herod was afraid of John, because he knew him to be a just and holy man: and he observed him, and gave ear to him in many things and did the things, and he heard him with satisfaction.

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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