Matthew 13:5
Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up immediately because they had no depth of soil.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
4As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
6But when the sun rose, they were scorched. And because they had no root, they withered away.
Cross References
Matthew 13:20The seed sown on rocky ground is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24
The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →