Matthew 13:5
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
Matthew 13:20The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives 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 →