Mark 4:5

Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up immediately because it had no depth of soil.

Text-Critical English 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

4As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, 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 13:5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up immediately because they had no depth of soil.

Mark 4:16Likewise, some people are like the seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy.

Luke 8:13The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. Yet they have no root; they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they 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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