²⁰ The one sown with seed on the rocky places, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

²⁸ But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are ^(A)those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

The Wisdom of God

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is ^(A)foolishness to ^(B)those who ^[a]are perishing, but to us who ^[b]are being saved it is ^(C)the power of God.