Matthew 13:20
18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
- KJV
- But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- WEB
- What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;
- ASV
- And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;
- DARBY
- But he that is sown on the rocky places this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
- BLB
- And that having been sown upon the rocky [places], this is the one hearing the word and immediately receiving it with joy.
- ÅB
- Men det som ble sådd på steingrunn er den som hører ordet og straks tar imot det med glede.
- OTB
- Frøet som ble sådd på steingrunn er den som hører ordet og straks tar imot det med glede.
- B1930
- Men den som blev sådd på stengrunn, det er den som hører ordet og straks tar imot det med glede;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 33:31–32
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Read in contextPsalms 106:12–13
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
Read in contextJohn 5:35
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
Read in context2 Chronicles 24:2
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
Read in contextPsalms 78:34–37
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:2
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
Read in context2 Chronicles 24:6
So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
Read in contextActs 8:13
Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
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