20 The seed planted on rocky ground [is the person who] hears the word and accepts it at once with joy.

21 Since he doesn't have any root, he lasts only a little while. When suffering or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls [from faith].

Matthew 13:20-21, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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