Matthew 13:5
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:
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
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Compare
- 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
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Read in contextEzekiel 11:19
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Read in contextZechariah 7:12
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
Read in contextAmos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Read in contextMatthew 13:20
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
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