Matthew 13:5

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 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 by the heat, and through having no root it withers up.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:20He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately 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 →

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