Matthew 13:5

And, some, fell on the rocky places, where it had not much earth,—and, straightway, it sprang up, because if had no depth of earth;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, indeed, fell by the pathway, and, the birds, came, and devoured it;

6and, the sun arising, it was scorched, and, because it had no root, it withered away;

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Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them another heart, And a new spirit, will I put within you,—And will take away the heart of stone out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh:

Amos 6:12Shall horses run upon crag? or will a man plough [there] with oxen? For ye have turned to poison the sentence of justice, and the fruit of righteousness, to wormwood:

Matthew 13:20And, he on the rocky places sown, the same, is he that, heareth the word, and, straightway, with joy, receiveth 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 →

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