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Shallow roots stop at limestone beneath thin soil, illustrating rootlessness.
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Matthew 13:21

No Root Within

Parables of the Kingdom and Hometown Offense · Matthew 13

Story guide: Shallow roots illustrate a temporary response. The same unnamed hearer faces social pressure and withdraws, illustrating falling away when affliction comes because of the word.

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21Yet he has no root in himself, but is temporary. When affliction or persecution arises because of the word, he immediately falls away.

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