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Matthew 13:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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