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 7:24

Hearing and Doing

7:24 “Everyone 3  who hears these words of mine and does them is like 4  a wise man 5  who built his house on rock.

Matthew 7:26

7:26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Matthew 13:22

13:22 The 6  seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth 7  choke the word, 8  so it produces nothing.

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 “Therefore everyone.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

4 tn Grk “will be like.” The same phrase occurs in v. 26.

5 tn Here and in v. 26 the Greek text reads ἀνήρ (anhr), while the parallel account in Luke 6:47-49 uses ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") in vv. 48 and 49.

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

7 tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”

8 sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.