Matthew 13:20

New American Bible - revised edition

The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.

Cross References

John 5:35

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

Mark 6:20

Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.

Isaiah 58:2

They seek me day after day, and desire to know my ways, Like a nation that has done what is just and not abandoned the judgment of their God; They ask of me just judgments, they desire to draw near to God.

2 Chronicles 24:2

Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight as long as Jehoiada the priest lived.

Acts 8:13

Even Simon himself believed and, after being baptized, became devoted to Philip; and when he saw the signs and mighty deeds that were occurring, he was astounded.

2 Chronicles 24:14

After they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and to Jehoiada, who had it made into utensils for the house of the Lord, utensils for the service and the burnt offerings, and basins and other gold and silver utensils. They sacrificed burnt offerings in the Lord’s house continually all the days of Jehoiada.

2 Chronicles 24:6

Then the king summoned Jehoiada, who was in charge, and said to him: “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and by 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

The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.

Matthew 13:21

But he has no root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away.