Mark 4:5
Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
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4and as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
6When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Cross References
Matthew 13:5Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
Mark 4:16These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
Luke 8:13Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who trust for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
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 →