a[Isa. 58:2; Ezek. 33:31, 32; Mark 6:20; John 5:35]
bGal. 1:6; [Hos. 6:4; Gal. 5:7]
cSee ch. 11:6
eSee ch. 6:25
f2 Tim. 4:10
g1 Tim. 6:9, 10, 17; [ch. 19:23; Mark 10:23; Acts 5:1-11; Heb. 3:13]

Matthew 13:20-22

20As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately areceives it with joy, 21yet he has no root in himself, but bendures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately che falls away. ▼
▼Or stumbles
 22As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but ethe cares of fthe world and gthe deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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