Mark 4:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And in the same way the ones sown upon stony ground are those who, when they hear the Word, at once receive and accept and welcome it with joy;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Here’s the meaning of the seed that fell on rocky ground: When people hear the word, they immediately receive it joyfully.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And similarly, there are those who were sown upon stony ground. These, when they have heard the word, immediately accept it with gladness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

Mark 4:16 Cross References

Matthew 13:5

Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil.

Mark 4:15

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

Mark 4:17

But they have no root and endure only for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

Mark 6:20

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.

Luke 8:13

The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away.

John 5:35

He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Acts 26:28

Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you so quickly persuading me to become a Christian?”

Acts 8:13

Even Simon himself believed. After being baptized, he stayed constantly with Philip and was amazed when he saw the signs and great miracles that took place.