Matthew 13:20

WEB

²⁰What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;

KJV

²⁰ But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

BSB

²⁰The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

FBV

²⁰The seeds sown on stony ground are people who hear the message and happily accept it straight away.

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Extra References

Ezekiel 33:31-32

³¹They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. ³²Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

Psalms 106:12-13

¹²Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. ¹³They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

John 5:35

³⁵He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

2 Chronicles 24:2

²Joash did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

Psalms 78:34-37

³⁴When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly. ³⁵They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer. ³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue. ³⁷For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

Isaiah 58:2

²Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.

Mark 4:16-17

¹⁶These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy. ¹⁷They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

Acts 8:13

¹³Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.

Matthew 13:5-6

⁵Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. ⁶When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

2 Chronicles 24:14

¹⁴When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for the LORD’s house, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, including spoons and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the LORD’s house continually all the days of Jehoiada.