Matthew 13:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

Cross References

Job 19:28

My friends, you think up ways to blame and torment me, saying I brought it on myself.

Psalm 36:3

They tell deceitful lies, and they don't have the sense to live right.

Proverbs 12:12

An evil person tries to hide behind evil; good people are like trees with deep roots.

Proverbs 12:3

Sin cannot offer security! But if you live right, you will be as secure as a tree with deep roots.

Hosea 6:4

People of Israel and Judah, what can I do with you? Your love for me disappears more quickly than mist or dew at sunrise.

Matthew 10:22

Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you remain faithful until the end, you will be saved.

Matthew 11:6

God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do.”

Matthew 13:20

The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it straight away.

Matthew 13:57

So the people were very unhappy because of what he was doing. But Jesus said, “Prophets are honoured by everyone, except the people of their home town and their own family.”

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched and dried up, because they did not have enough roots.

Matthew 24:13

But if you keep on being faithful right to the end, you will be saved.

Matthew 26:31

Jesus said to his disciples, “During this very night, all of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Matthew 26:33

Peter spoke up, “Even if all the others reject you, I never will!”

Mark 4:17

But they don't have any roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

Luke 8:13

The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it. But they don't have deep roots, and they believe only for a little while. As soon as life gets hard, they give up.

John 6:26

Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that you are not looking for me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate all the food you wanted.

Romans 2:7

He will give eternal life to everyone who has patiently done what is good in the hope of receiving glory, honour, and life that lasts for ever.

Galatians 5:6

If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.

Galatians 6:12

Those people who are telling you to get circumcised are only trying to show how important they are. And they don't want to get into trouble for preaching about the cross of Christ.

Galatians 6:15

It doesn't matter if you are circumcised or not. All that matters is that you are a new person.

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. Stand firm and be deeply rooted in his love.

Philippians 1:6

God is the one who began this good work in you, and I am certain that he won't stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns.

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in Asia has turned against me, especially Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 4:10

Demas loves the things of this world so much that he left me and went to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus has gone to Dalmatia.

James 3:2

All of us do many wrong things. But if you can control your tongue, you are mature and able to control your whole body.

1 Peter 1:5

You have faith in God, whose power will protect you until the last day. Then he will save you, just as he has always planned to do.

Revelation 2:13

I know that you live where Satan has his throne. But you have kept true to my name. There where Satan lives, my faithful witness Antipas was taken from you and put to death. Even then you did not give up your faith in me.