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.

General references

Bible References

Receive

Matthew 13:20
He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.
Mark 4:16
In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,
Mark 6:20
for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.
John 5:35
He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.
Galatians 3:1
You foolish Galatians! Whose sophistry has bewitched you--you to whom Jesus Christ has been vividly portrayed as on the Cross?
Galatians 4:15
I ask you, then, what has become of your self-congratulations? For I bear you witness that had it been possible you would have torn out your own eyes and have given them to me.

And these

Ephesians 3:17
I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,
Colossians 2:7
having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Jude 1:12
These men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for themselves; clouds without water, driven away by the winds; trees that cast their fruit, barren, doubly dead, uprooted;

General references

Mark 4:5
Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;
Luke 8:6
Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.