Matthew 13:20-22

13:20 The 1  seed sown on rocky ground 2  is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. 13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; 3  when 4  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away. 13:22 The 5  seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth 6  choke the word, 7  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 “is temporary.”

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

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

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

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