Matthew 13:20-22
Context13:20 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.