Mark 4:5

3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
KJV
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
WEB
Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
ASV
And other fell on the rocky [ground], where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:
DARBY
And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out [of the ground] because it had no depth of earth;
BLB
And other fell upon the rocky [place], where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up because of [it] not having depth of soil.
ÅB
Og noe falt på stengrunn, hvor det ikke hadde meget jord; og det kom snart opp, fordi det ikke hadde dyp jord,
OTB
Annet korn falt på steingrunn hvor det ikke var mye jord, og det spirte raskt opp fordi jorden var grunn.
B1930
Og noget falt på stengrunn, hvor det ikke hadde meget jord; og det kom snart op, fordi det ikke hadde dyp jord,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 36:26

    I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

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  • Luke 8:6

    Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.

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  • Luke 8:13

    The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

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  • Hosea 10:12

    Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

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  • Matthew 13:5–6

    Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

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  • Ezekiel 11:19

    And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,

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  • Amos 6:12

    “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

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  • Mark 4:16–17

    Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

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