Matthew 13:20

The rocky-soil hearer receives the word at once with joy but has no depth.

Cross-references · 14

• Ezek 33:31–32So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
• Ps 106:12–13Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
• John 5:35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
• Isa 58:2For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
• Ps 78:34–37When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
• 2 Chr 24:2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
• 2 Chr 24:6So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
• Acts 8:13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
• 2 Chr 24:14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
• Mark 4:16–17Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
• 1 Sam 11:13–15But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
• Gal 4:14–15And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
• Matt 13:5–6Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
• Mark 6:20because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

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