It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls.
So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, »There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family.«
but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.