Matthew 13:21

But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

Cross References (45)

  • Matthew 11:6 (11)

    Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

  • 2 Peter 1:8–9 (9)

    For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproduct

  • Ephesians 3:17 (8)

    so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

  • Hosea 6:4 (7)

    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like th

  • Job 19:28 (6)

    If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

  • Proverbs 12:3 (6)

    A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

  • John 15:5–7 (6)

    I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me

  • Psalms 36:3 (5)

    The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

  • John 12:25–26 (5)

    Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

  • Job 27:8–10 (5)

    For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

  • Mark 13:12–13 (5)

    Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put

  • Luke 9:23–25 (4)

    Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and

  • Luke 8:13 (4)

    The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a

  • Matthew 16:24–26 (4)

    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow

  • Mark 8:34–36 (4)

    Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he mus

  • Galatians 5:6 (4)

    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself throu

  • Romans 2:7 (4)

    To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

  • Galatians 6:12 (4)

    Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoi

  • Acts 8:21–23 (4)

    You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

  • 2 Timothy 1:15 (4)

    You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

  • John 6:70–71 (4)

    Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

  • Matthew 13:57 (4)

    And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet withou

  • Matthew 10:22 (4)

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  • Matthew 10:37–39 (4)

    Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than M

  • Matthew 24:9–10 (4)

    Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

  • Matthew 5:10–12 (4)

    Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Matthew 26:31 (4)

    Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the

  • Matthew 26:33 (4)

    Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”

  • Galatians 6:15 (4)

    For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

  • Mark 4:17 (4)

    But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the wo

  • Proverbs 12:12 (4)

    The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Matthew 7:22–23 (4)

    Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and pe

  • Philippians 1:6 (4)

    being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jes

  • Matthew 13:6 (4)

    But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

  • Luke 21:12–18 (4)

    But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogue

  • Luke 14:26–33 (4)

    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even

  • John 6:61–65 (4)

    Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?

  • Matthew 7:26–27 (4)

    But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

  • Matthew 24:13 (4)

    But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  • John 6:26 (4)

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because

  • Hebrews 10:35–39 (3)

    So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

  • 2 Timothy 4:10 (3)

    because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Ti

  • 1 Peter 1:5 (3)

    who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • Revelation 2:13 (2)

    I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me,

  • 1 John 2:19–20 (2)

    They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us.