Matthew 13:5
Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
4and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.
6but when the sun rose it was scorched, and withered away because it had no root.
Cross References
Matthew 13:20"This is the seed sown by the wayside. And the word, and at once 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 →