Matthew 13:20-22

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

²⁰ And the one having been sown the seed on the rocky places— this person is the one hearing the word and immediately receiving it with joy. ²¹ And he does not have a root in himself, but is temporary^[a]. And affliction or persecution having come about because of the word— immediately he is caused-to-fall. ²² And the one having been sown the seed into the thorns— this person is the one hearing the word, and the anxiety^[b] of the age^[c] and the deceitfulness^[d] of riches is choking the word, and it becomes unfruitful.