Mark 4:5

Other felled down on stony places, where it had not much earth; and anon it sprang up (or and at once it sprouted), for it had not (any) deepness of earth [or for it had no deepness of earth].

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

4And while he soweth, some seed felled about the way [or beside the way], and (the) birds of (the) heaven (s), [or the birds of the air], came, and ate it.

6And when the sun rose up, it withered for heat, and it dried up, for it had no root (s).

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Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19And I shall give to them one heart, and I shall give a new spirit in the entrails of them; and I shall take away a stony heart from the flesh of them, and I shall give to them an heart of flesh; (And I shall give them one heart, and I shall give them a new spirit in their bowels, or in their innards; and I shall take away a heart of stone from their flesh, and I shall give them a heart of flesh;)

Hosea 10:12Sow ye to you rightfulness in truth, and reap ye in the mouth of mercy, and make ye new to you a field newly brought to tilth. Forsooth time is to seek the Lord, when he cometh, that shall teach you rightfulness. ( And so I said, Sow ye for yourselves righteousness, or justice, in truth, and reap ye in the mouth of mercy, and make ye new to you a field newly brought to fallow. For it is time to seek the Lord, and when he cometh, he shall rain blessings upon you.)

Matthew 13:5But other seeds felled into stony places, where they had not much earth; and anon they sprung up (or and at once they sprouted), for they had not (any) deepness of earth.

Mark 4:16And in like manner be these that be sown on stony places, which when they have heard the word, anon they take it with joy (or at once they receive it with joy);

Luke 8:13But they that fell on a stone, be these that when they have heard, receive the word with joy. And these have no roots; for at a time they believe, and in time of temptation they go away (or but in the time of testing they go 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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