Mark 4:5

Conservative English Version

Other seeds fell on thin, rocky ground and quickly started growing because the soil wasn't very deep.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19

Then I will take away your stubbornness and make you eager to be completely faithful to me. You will want to obey me

Ezekiel 36:26

I will take away your stubborn heart and give you a new heart and a desire to be faithful. You will have only pure thoughts,

Hosea 10:12

Plow your fields, scatter seeds of justice, and harvest faithfulness. Worship me, the LORD, and I will send my saving power down like rain.

Amos 6:12

Horses can't gallop on rocks; oceans can't be plowed. But you have turned justice and fairness into bitter poison.

Matthew 13:20

The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it right away.

Mark 4:4

While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road and was eaten by birds.

Mark 4:6

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched and dried up, because they did not have enough roots.

Luke 8:13

The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it. But they don't have deep roots, and they believe only for a little while. As soon as life gets hard, they give up.

Luke 8:6

Other seeds fell on rocky ground and started growing. But the plants did not have enough water and soon dried up.