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21 yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he [a](A)falls away. 22 And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of (B)the [b]world and the (C)deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 23 And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some (D)a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:21 Lit is caused to stumble
  2. Matthew 13:22 Or age