Mark 4:5

Other seeds fell on ground where there was not much soil on top of rock. Very soon the seeds sprouted because the sun warmed the moist soil quickly where it was not deep.

Translation for Translators

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

4As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds.

6But after the sun shone on those young plants, they became scorched. Then they withered because they did not have deep roots.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19I will put a new way of thinking [IDM] within you. I will cause you to no longer be stubborn [IDM], and I will enable you to obey me completely [IDM].

Hosea 10:12You plow your fields and plant your seeds and harvest your crops [MET], but what you need to do is to act righteously and to faithfully love me; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know me, Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.

Matthew 13:5Other seeds fell on ground where there was not much soil on top of the rock. Those seeds sprouted very soon, because the sun quickly warmed the shallow soil.

Mark 4:16Some people are like the ground where the soil was not very deep over rock. When they hear God’s message, they immediately accept it with joy.

Luke 8:13Some people are like the soil with rock underneath. When they hear God’s message, they accept it joyfully. But because it does not penetrate deeply [MET] into their inner beings, they believe it for only a short time. They are like the plants that did not have deep roots. When difficult things happen to them, they stop believing God’s message.

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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