1. Matthew 13:21 - Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when _______ or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.   Hint First letter clue   2. Matthew 13:17 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and _______ men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.   First letter clue   3. Matthew 13:15 - For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are _______ of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.   First letter clue   4. Matthew 13:23 - But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth _______, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.   First letter clue   5. Matthew 13:22 - He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this _______, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.   First letter clue   6. Matthew 13:4 - And when he sowed, some _______ fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:   First letter clue   7. Matthew 13:2 - And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a _______, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.   First letter clue