Mark 4:5

Amplified Bible

Other seed fell on rocks where there was not much soil; and immediately a plant sprang up because the soil had no depth.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19

And I will give them one heart [a new heart], and put a new spirit within them. I will take from them the heart of stone, and will give them a heart of flesh [that is responsive to My touch], [Ezek 18:31; 36:26; 2 Cor 3:3]

Ezekiel 36:26

Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Hosea 10:12

Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate]; Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing] Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you. [2 Cor 9:10]

Amos 6:12

¶Do horses run on rocks? Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!] Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),

Matthew 13:20

The one on whom seed was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and at once welcomes it with joy;

Mark 4:4

and as he was sowing, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

Mark 4:6

And when the sun came up, the plant was scorched; and because it had no root, it dried up and withered away.

Luke 8:13

Those on the rocky soil are the people who, when they hear, receive and welcome the word with joy; but these have no firmly grounded root. They believe for a while, and in time of trial and temptation they fall away [from Me and abandon their faith].

Luke 8:6

And some seed fell on [shallow soil covering] the rocks, and as soon as it sprouted, it withered away, because it had no moisture.