Mark 4:5

Other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil.

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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 on the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

6But when the sun rose, the plants were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take out the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

Hosea 10:12Sow righteousness for yourselves, 1 and reap the fruit of covenant faithfulness. 1 Break up your unplowed ground, 1 for it is time to seek Yahweh, 1 until he comes and rains righteousness on you. 1

Matthew 13:5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil. Immediately they sprang up, because the soil had no depth.

Mark 4:16These are the ones that are sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.

Luke 8:13The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But they have no root; they believe for a while, and 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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