Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
Parallel translations
- KJV And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
- BSB Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
- NKJV Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture.
- NASB Other seed fell on rocky soil, and when it came up, it withered away because it had no moisture.
- NLT Other seed fell among rocks. It began to grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for lack of moisture.
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Quick answer
Seed on rocky ground sprouts quickly but withers for lack of moisture. It pictures shallow, short-lived response to the word.
Overview
The seed on thin soil over rock springs up fast but cannot endure because it has no depth. This stands for hearers who receive the word with initial joy but have no root. Their faith, lacking a settled foundation, fails when trial comes.
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Cross-references · 12
- Luke 8:13Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
- Heb 3:7–8Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- Mark 4:5–6Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
- Rom 2:4–5Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
- Ezek 36:26I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- Matt 13:20–21What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
- Jer 5:3O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
- Amos 6:12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
- Heb 3:15while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”
- Mark 4:16–17These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
- Matt 13:5–6Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
- Ezek 11:19I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
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