Matthew 13:21

Yet 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.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

In Context

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

22And that which was sowed among thorns, is he that heareth the word; and care for this world and the deceptiveness of riches, choke the word; and he is without fruits.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:10Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!

Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them not, will be like a foolish man that built his house upon sand.

Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me:

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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