Mark 4:5
Yet truly, others fell upon stony ground, where it did not have much soil. And it rose up quickly, because it had no depth of soil.
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4And while he was sowing, some fell along the way, and the birds of the air came and ate it.
6And when the sun was risen, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away.
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart. And I will distribute a new spirit to their interior. And I will take away the heart of stone from their body. And I will give them a heart of flesh.
Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves in justice, and harvest in the mouth of mercy; renew your fallow land. But the time when you will seek the Lord is the time when he will arrive who will teach you justice.
Matthew 13:5Then others fell in a rocky place, where they did not have much soil. And they sprung up promptly, because they had no depth of soil.
Mark 4:16And similarly, there are those who were sown upon stony ground. These, when they have heard the word, immediately accept it with gladness.
Luke 8:13Now those upon rock are those who, when they hear it, accept the word with joy, but these have no roots. So they believe for a time, but in a time of testing, they fall away.
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →