20. “The one sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
21. Yet he has no root himself but lasts only a short while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
22. “But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.