Matthew 13:20

World English Bible (2000)

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

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  • Ps 106:12-13 : 12 Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. 13 They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,
  • Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
  • Ezek 33:31-32 : 31 They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. 32 Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don't do them.
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
  • John 5:35 : 35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
  • Acts 8:13 : 13 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
  • Gal 4:14-15 : 14 That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 15 What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
  • Matt 13:5-6 : 5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
  • Mark 4:16-17 : 16 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
  • 1 Sam 11:13-15 : 13 Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel." 14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there." 15 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
  • 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
  • 2 Chr 24:6 : 6 The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, "Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the tent of the testimony?"
  • 2 Chr 24:14 : 14 When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of Yahweh, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh continually all the days of Jehoiada.
  • Ps 78:34-37 : 34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly. 35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer. 36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue. 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 4:14-20
    7 verses
    88%

    14 The farmer sows the word.

    15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

    16 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

    17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

    18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

    19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

    20 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

  • Luke 8:11-15
    5 verses
    84%

    11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

    12 Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

    13 Those 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.

    14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

    15 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • Matt 13:18-19
    2 verses
    83%

    18 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

    19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

  • Matt 13:3-9
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    83%

    3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

    4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

    6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

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

    8 Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

    9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Matt 13:21-27
    7 verses
    83%

    21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

    22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

    23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

    24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

    25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

    26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

    27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

  • Mark 4:3-9
    7 verses
    81%

    3 "Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

    4 and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

    5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

    6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

    7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

    8 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."

    9 He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Luke 8:5-8
    4 verses
    77%

    5 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

    6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

    7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

    8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

  • Matt 13:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37 He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

    38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

  • Matt 13:43-44
    2 verses
    71%

    43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

    44 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

  • Matt 13:31
    70%

    31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

  • Matt 25:18
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    18 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

  • Luke 8:18
    70%

    18 Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."

  • Mark 4:26
    69%

    26 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

  • Matt 11:15
    69%

    15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Matt 25:24
    69%

    24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

  • Luke 12:16
    68%

    16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.