Matthew 13:21-22

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 ¹falls away.

22 "And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of ²the world and the ³deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 11:6
• 2. Matthew 12:32; Matthew 13:39; Mark 4:19; Romans 12:2; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 2:6, 8; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Galatians 1:4; Ephesians 2:2
• 3. Matthew 19:23; 1 Tim 6:9, 10, 17

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. message
• [b]. Lit "is caused to stumble"
• [c]. Or "age"