Matthew 13:20 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The seed planted on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and accepts it at once with joy.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

ASV:

And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;

BBE:

And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

DBY:

But he that is sown on the rocky places this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

ERV:

And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;

WEY:

He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

WBS:

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and immediately with joy receiveth it;

WEB:

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

YLT:

'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

Matthew 13:20 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 13:19 "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

Matthew 13:21 yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

13:18-23 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. In order to understand the parable we must listen to the explanation given in Mt 13:18-23. Christ is the great Sower, and all whom he sends forth to preach are sowers under him. The seed sown is His Word, the Gospel of the Kingdom. The soil is human hearts. Four kinds of human hearts are described: (1) The wayside hearer; the light, flippant, indifferent hearer upon whom no impression is produced. (2) The stony hearer; the heart that exhibits an evanescent feeling at the appeal of the gospel; but upon whom no permanent impression is made. (3) The thorny soil; the heart that takes in the Word, but is so full of worldly cares that these presently gain the mastery. This describes the world-serving hearer. (4) The good soil; the good and honest heart; the heart that receives and retains the truth. In such a heart the seed will grow and the new life will be manifest. Three things, then, are needful: (1) A Sower. (2) Good Seed, the pure word of God. (3) A good and honest heart. A dishonest man cannot be converted until he casts out his dishonesty. He who cavils at and deceitfully entreats the word of God will not be profited.

WES:

13:20 The seed sown on stony places, therefore sprang up soon, because it did not sink deep, Mt 13:5. He receiveth it with joy - Perhaps with transport, with ecstacy: struck with the beauty of truth, and drawn by the preventing grace of God.

MHC:

13:1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances of worship not to covet that which is stately, but to make the best of the conveniences God in his providence allots to us. Christ taught in parables. Thereby the things of God were made more plain and easy to those willing to be taught, and at the same time more difficult and obscure to those who were willingly ignorant. The parable of the sower is plain. The seed sown is the word of God. The sower is our Lord Jesus Christ, by himself, or by his ministers. Preaching to a multitude is sowing the corn; we know not where it will light. Some sort of ground, though we take ever so much pains with it, brings forth no fruit to purpose, while the good soil brings forth plentifully. So it is with the hearts of men, whose different characters are here described by four sorts of ground. Careless, trifling hearers, are an easy prey to Satan; who, as he is the great murderer of souls, so he is the great thief of sermons, and will be sure to rob us of the word, if we take not care to keep it. Hypocrites, like the stony ground, often get the start of true Christians in the shows of profession. Many are glad to hear a good sermon, who do not profit by it. They are told of free salvation, of the believer's privileges, and the happiness of heaven; and, without any change of heart, without any abiding conviction of their own depravity, their need of a Saviour, or the excellence of holiness, they soon profess an unwarranted assurance. But when some heavy trial threatens them, or some sinful advantage may be had, they give up or disguise their profession, or turn to some easier system. Worldly cares are fitly compared to thorns, for they came in with sin, and are a fruit of the curse; they are good in their place to stop a gap, but a man must be well armed that has much to do with them; they are entangling, vexing, scratching, and their end is to be burned, Heb 6:8. Worldly cares are great hinderances to our profiting by the word of God. The deceitfulness of riches does the mischief; they cannot be said to deceive us unless we put our trust in them, then they choke the good seed. What distinguished the good ground was fruitfulness. By this true Christians are distinguished from hypocrites. Christ does not say that this good ground has no stones in it, or no thorns; but none that could hinder its fruitfulness. All are not alike; we should aim at the highest, to bring forth most fruit. The sense of hearing cannot be better employed than in hearing God's word; and let us look to ourselves that we may know what sort of hearers we are.

CONC:

Anon Fell Ground Heareth Hearing Hears Immediately Joy Message Places Received Receives Receiveth Receiving Rocky Seed Sown Stones Stony Straight Straightway Takes

Anon Ground Heareth Hearing Hears Immediately Joy Message Once Places Received Receives Receiveth Receiving Rocky Seed Sown Stones Stony Straight Straightway Word

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