Matthew 13:19

and regardeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and snatcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he who received the seed as by the way-side.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the gospel-kingdom,

20And he who received the seed as upon stony grounds, is one that heareth the word and immediately receiveth it with joy:

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Cross References

Matthew 4:23And Jesus went through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and healing every disease and every malady among the people.

Matthew 13:38the field is the world; the good seed are the children of my kingdom; and the tares are the children of the wicked one.

Luke 8:11Now this is the meaning of the parable, The seed is the word of God:

Luke 10:9and heal those in it that are sick, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come unto you.

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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