Matthew 13:5
and other seed fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
4and as he was sowing, some seeds fell indeed by the road-side; and the birds came and ate them up:
6and when the sun arose, it was scorched up; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Cross References
Matthew 13:20But the sown on the rocky soil, is he who having heard the word, and instantly with joy receiving it,
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 →