Luke 8:6
Some fell on stony ground, and once the seeds had sprouted they withered for lack of moisture.
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7Some seeds fell among thorns and as they both grew the thorns choked the plants.
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:19I will give them single-minded commitment and a whole new spirit. I will take away their hard-hearted attitude and replace it with one that is loving.
Amos 6:12Can horses gallop over rocks? Can oxen plow the sea? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of doing good into bitterness!
Matthew 13:20The seeds sown on stony ground are people who hear the message and happily accept it straight away.
Mark 4:16Likewise the seeds on the rocky ground illustrate those who hear the word, and happily accept it right away.
Romans 2:4Or is it that you're treating his wonderful kindness, tolerance, and patience with contempt, not realizing that God in his kindness is trying to lead you to repent?
Hebrews 3:15As Scripture says, “If you hear what God is saying to you today, don't have a hard-hearted attitude like the time you rebelled against him.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22
The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →