Mark 4:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And some seed fell on rocky ground where there was not much soil, and immediately it sprouted up because the soil was so shallow.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Other seed [of the same kind] fell on ground full of rocks, where it had not much soil; and at once it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil;

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Common English Bible

Other seed fell on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. They sprouted immediately because the soil wasn’t deep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Yet truly, others fell upon stony ground, where it did not have much soil. And it rose up quickly, because it had no depth of soil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.

Mark 4:5 Cross References

Matthew 13:20

And the person who was sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the message and immediately welcomes it joyfully,

Mark 4:4

and it happened, as he sowed [i.e., scattering the seed by hand], some of it fell by the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

Mark 4:6

But when the sun came up the newly sprouted plants were scorched, and because they had no roots, [soon] withered away.

Luke 8:13

And those people [represented by the seed falling] on rocky ground are those who, upon hearing the word [of God], accept it gladly, but since they have no root [system], they believe it for [only] awhile, and [then] in times of trial fall away [from God].

Luke 8:6

And other [seed] fell on rocky ground and as soon as it started to grow, it [quickly] withered away, because it had no moisture.