And these are those by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan comes immediately, and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
And have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
Those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.