Matthew 13:20

13:20 The 1  seed sown on rocky ground 2  is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Matthew 17:6

17:6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. 3 

Matthew 25:25

25:25 so 4  I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’

1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

2 tn Grk “The one sown on rocky ground, this is the one.” The next two statements like this one have this same syntactical structure.

3 tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.