Matthew 13:20-22 And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it,

Williams⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it, ²¹ but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls. ²² And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit.