Cross references

Matthew 13:21

But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

Matthew 13:21 BSB

Matthew 13:21 has 45 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 40 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 11:6 (11 votes) and 2 Peter 1:8–9 (9 votes). 40 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Judges 7 to Revelation 7.

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Which verses does Matthew 13:21 point to?

The 20 strongest of 45, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Matthew 11:611 votes

    Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

  2. For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

  3. so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

  4. Hosea 6:47 votes

    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

  5. Job 19:286 votes

    If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

  6. A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

  7. I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned. …

  8. For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? …

  9. Psalm 36:35 votes

    The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

  10. Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  11. But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

  12. But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

  13. And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

Which verses point to Matthew 13:21?

The 10 strongest of 40.