Matthew 13:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

And the one sown on rocky ground #– #this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Cross References

John 5:35

John   , was a burning and shining lamp,   and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Mark 6:20

because Herod feared  John and protected him, knowing he was a righteous  and holy  man. When Herod heard him he would be very perplexed,  , and yet he liked to listen to him.

Isaiah 58:2

They seek me day after day and delight to know my ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgements; they delight in the nearness of God.’

2 Chronicles 24:2

Throughout the time of the priest Jehoiada, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.

Acts 8:13

Even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptised, he followed Philip everywhere and was amazed as he observed the signs and great miracles  that were being performed.

2 Chronicles 24:14

When they finished, they presented the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada, who made articles for the Lord’s temple with it #– #articles for ministry and for making burnt offerings, and ladles  and articles of gold and silver. They regularly offered burnt offerings in the Lord’s temple throughout Jehoiada’s life.

2 Chronicles 24:6

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, ‘Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the Lord’s servant Moses and the assembly of Israel for the tent  of the testimony?

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds,   and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

Matthew 13:21

But he has no root and is short-lived. When distress or persecution   comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.