Matthew 13:21

Lacking root, this hearer endures briefly but falls away when trouble or persecution comes.

Cross-references · 40

• Matt 11:6Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
• 2 Pet 1:8–9For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Eph 3:17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Hos 6:4“Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
• Prov 12:3A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
• Job 19:28If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,
• John 15:5–7I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
• Job 27:8–10For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
• Mark 13:12–13“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
• Ps 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
• John 12:25–26He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
• Rom 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
• Matt 10:22You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
• Matt 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
• John 6:61–65But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?
• Matt 13:57They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”
• Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• Luke 14:26–33“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
• Matt 16:24–26Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Matt 10:37–39He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
• Matt 24:13But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
• John 6:26Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
• Matt 7:22–23Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
• John 6:70–71Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
• Acts 8:21–23You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
• Matt 26:33But Peter answered him, “Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.”
• Matt 13:6When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
• Mark 4:17They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
• Mark 8:34–36He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• 2 Tim 1:15This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
• Matt 7:26–27Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
• Gal 6:15For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
• Luke 8:13Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
• Gal 6:12As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
• Luke 21:12–18But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
• Phil 1:6being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
• Prov 12:12The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
• Luke 9:23–25He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
• Matt 5:10–12Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
• Matt 24:9–10Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.

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