Matthew 13:5

3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “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.

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
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
WEB
Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
ASV
and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
DARBY
and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of [the ground] because of not having [any] depth of earth,
BLB
And others fell upon the rocky [places], where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up because of it not having depth of soil.
ÅB
Og noe av såkornet falt på steingrunn, der det ikke hadde mye jord. Og det kom raskt opp, fordi jorden ikke var dyp.
OTB
Noe falt på steinete steder, hvor det ikke var mye jord. Det spirte raskt 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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  • 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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  • Zechariah 7:12

    They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

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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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  • Matthew 13:20

    The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

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