Mark 4:5

And some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

In Context

4And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell alongside the road; and the birds came and devoured it.

6But when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:5But others fell on the stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.

Mark 4:16And these are the ones sown on stony ground; which, whenever they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy;

Luke 8:13But those on the rock are they that, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of testing 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 →

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