Matthew 13:20

And what was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

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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

19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

21yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:13Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today the Lord has worked deliverance in Israel."

2 Chronicles 24:6The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, "Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the tent of the testimony?"

Psalms 78:34When he killed them, then they inquired after him.They returned and sought God earnestly.

Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

Matthew 13:5And others fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

Mark 6:20for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed, but he heard him gladly.

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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