Matthew 13:6

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

New Heart English Bible

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

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.

7Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:26And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

Luke 8:13Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

Colossians 1:23if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

James 1:11For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in 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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