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


In Context

17 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.

18 |Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

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

21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 13:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:20The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:20And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:20And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20But he that is sown on the rocky places this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:20And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and immediately with joy receiveth it;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;