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Matthew 13:5

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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

And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

But when the sun came up these tender sprouts were scorched and, since they had such tiny roots, they [quickly] withered away.

And in the same way, some [of the seed] that was sown on rocky soil represented those who heard ‘the word’ and immediately accepted it gladly,

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