Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
- NKJV Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
- NASB Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and they sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of soil.
- NLT Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.
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Other seed falls on rocky ground with little soil and springs up quickly.
Overview
The shallow soil allows fast but superficial growth. This pictures an emotional, rootless response to the gospel. The lack of depth foreshadows the withering that swiftly follows.
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Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 36:26A 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.
- Ezek 11:19And 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:
- Zech 7:12Yea, 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.
- Matt 13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- Amos 6:12Shall 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:
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