Matthew 13:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:14

When they had finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made utensils for the house of the Lord, utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, and ladles, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord regularly all the days of Jehoiada.

2 Chronicles 24:2

Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of the priest Jehoiada.

2 Chronicles 24:6

So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief 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, on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the covenant?”

Isaiah 58:2

Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they want God on their side.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path.

Matthew 13:21

yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Mark 6:20

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.

John 5:35

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

Acts 8:13

Even Simon himself believed. After being baptized, he stayed constantly with Philip and was amazed when he saw the signs and great miracles that took place.