Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

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Bible References

Receive

Matthew 13:20
But the sown on the rocky soil, is he who having heard the word, and instantly with joy receiving it,
Mark 4:16
and these in like manner are they who were sown on the rocky soil; who when they have heard the word, instantly with joy receive it;
Mark 6:20
for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man; and paid great attention to him and when he heard him, did many things, and heard him with delight.
John 5:35
He was a lamp glowing and luminous: and ye were pleased for a time to exult in his light.
Galatians 3:1
O INFATUATED Galatians, who hath bewitched you that ye should not obey the truth? To whom Jesus Christ has been described, as before your eyes, crucified among you.
Galatians 4:15
What then was your blessedness, for I bear witness to you that, if it were possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes, and given them to me.

And these

Ephesians 3:17
that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that rooted and grounded in love,
Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up on him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Jude 1:12
These are in your feasts of love, as sunken rocks; though joining in your banquet, they feed themselves fearlessly; clouds without water carried about by the winds; trees untimely withering, fruitless, twice dead, rooted up;

General references

Mark 4:5
And some fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much mold, and immediately it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth:
Luke 8:6
And other seed fell on a rock, and vegetating, withered because it had no moisture.