Mark 4:5

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

In Context

4As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

6but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:5Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth;

Mark 4:16In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

Luke 8:13Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21

The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →

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