Matthew 13:5
and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightaway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
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In Context
4and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them:
6and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
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 one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
Matthew 13:20And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightaway with joy receiveth it;
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 →