Matthew 13:5
But others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much soil, and straightaway they sprang up because they had no depth of soil.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.
6But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,
Amos 6:12Shall horses run upon the rock? Will [a man] plow [there] with oxen? That ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
Matthew 13:20And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24
The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →