Matthew 13:5

And other seed fell upon a rock, so that it had not much soil: and it sprung up forthwith, because there was no depth of earth.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

In Context

4And as he sowed, some seed fell upon the side of a path: and a bird came and devoured it.

6But when the sun was up it wilted. And, because it lacked root, it dried up.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:20And that which was sowed on the rock, is he that heareth the word, and at once receiveth 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 →

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