Matthew 13:20-22

Context
13:20 The¹ seed sown on rocky ground² 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 when⁴ trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away. 13:22 The⁵ seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth⁶ choke the word,⁷ so it produces nothing.

[13:20] ¹tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:20] ²tn Grk “The one sown on rocky ground, this is the one.” The next two statements like this one have this same syntactical structure.

[13:21] ³tn Grk “is temporary.”

[13:21] ⁴tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:22] ⁵tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:22] ⁶tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”

[13:22] ⁷sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.