New Revised Standard Version
yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.

Contemporary English Version
But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

New American Bible
But he has no root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.

root.

Matthew 13:6 And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.

Matthew 7:22,23,26,27 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name? . . .

Job 19:28 Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

Proverbs 12:3,12 A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is as rottenness in his bones. . . .

Luke 8:13 Now they upon the rock are they who when they hear receive the word with joy: and these have no roots: for they believe for a while and in time of temptation they fall away.

John 6:26,61-65 Jesus answered them and said: Amen, amen, I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves and were filled. . . .

John 6:70,71 Jesus answered them: Have not I chosen you twelve? And one of you is a devil. . . .

John 15:5-7 I am the vine: you the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. . . .

Acts 8:21-23 Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God. . . .

Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity.

Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but a new creature.

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,

2 Peter 1:8,9 For if these things be with you and abound, they will make you to be neither empty nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. . . .

1 John 2:19,20 They went out from us but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have remained with us: but that they may be manifest, that they are not all of us. . . .

dureth.

Matthew 10:22 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.

Matthew 24:13 But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.

Job 27:8-10 For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? . . .

Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.

Hosea 6:4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

Romans 2:7 To them indeed who, according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing: that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 1:5 Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

for.

Matthew 5:10-12 Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. . . .

Matthew 10:37-39 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. . . .

Matthew 16:24-26 Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. . . .

Mark 4:17 And they have no root in themselves, but are only for a time: and then when tribulation and persecution ariseth for the word they are presently scandalized.

Mark 8:34-36 And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. . . .

Mark 13:12,13 And the brother shall betray his brother unto death, and the father his son; and children shall rise up against their parents and shall work their death. . . .

Luke 9:23-25 And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. . . .

Luke 14:26-33 If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. . . .

Luke 21:12-18 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name's sake. . . .

John 12:25,26 Itself remaineth alone. But if it die it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world keepeth it unto life eternal. . . .

Galatians 6:12 For as many as desire to please in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.

2 Timothy 4:10 Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia.

Hebrews 10:35-39 Do not therefore lose your confidence which hath a great reward. . . .

Revelation 2:13 I know where thou dwellest, where the seat of Satan is. And thou holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith. Even in those days when Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

is.

Matthew 13:57 And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Matthew 11:6 And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.

Matthew 24:9,10 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake. . . .

Matthew 26:31,33 Then Jesus saith to them: All you shall be scandalized in me this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd: and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed. . . .

2 Timothy 1:15 Thou knowest this, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me: of whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.