^{16 Ref} And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky `places', who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy;

^{17 Ref} and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.

^{18 Ref} And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word,

^{19 Ref} and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

^{20 Ref} And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.