Matthew 13:19

When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

18"To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.

20He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:23Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

Matthew 13:38the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.

Luke 8:11The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.

Luke 10:9Cure the sick in that town, and tell them, "`The Kingdom of God is now at your door.'

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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