Matthew 13:5
And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
6And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit in their bowels: and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh:
Amos 6:12For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.
Matthew 13:20And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth 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 →