Matthew 13:21
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.
20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
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.
23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
- WEB
- yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
- ASV
- yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.
- DARBY
- but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.
- BLB
- And he has no root in himself, but is temporary. But [on] tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately he is caused to stumble.
- ÅB
- Men han har ikke rot i seg, og holder bare ut til en stund; blir det trengsel eller forfølgelse for ordets skyld, så faller han straks bort.
- OTB
- Men de har ingen rot i seg, men holder bare ut en tid. Når trengsel eller forfølgelse oppstår på grunn av ordet, faller de raskt fra.
- B1930
- men han har ikke rot i sig, og holder bare ut til en tid; blir det trengsel eller forfølgelse for ordets skyld, da tar han straks anstøt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 11:6
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Read in context2 Peter 1:8–9
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read in contextEphesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Read in contextHosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
Read in contextJob 19:28
If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
Read in contextProverbs 12:3
A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
Read in contextJohn 15:5–7
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
Read in contextJob 27:8–10
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Read in context