Matthew 13:5

Some fell on rocky places, where it had not much soil, and, having no depth of soil, sprang up at once.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

4as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

6As soon as the sun had risen, it was scorched, and, having no root, withered away.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:20By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully;

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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