“yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 13 contains 58 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.