Mark 4:5

Easy To Read Version

Some seed fell on rocky ground. The ground there did not have enough dirt. The seed grew very fast there because the ground was not deep.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19

I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit {\cf2\super [98]} in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.

Ezekiel 36:26

\{God said,\} “I will also put a new spirit in you \{and change your way of thinking\}. I will take out the heart of stone from your body and give you a tender, human heart.

Hosea 10:12

If you plant goodness, you will harvest true love. Plow your ground, and you will harvest with the Lord. He will come, and he will make goodness fall on you like rain!

Amos 6:12

Do horses run over loose rocks? No!\par and people don’t use cows for plowing.\par But you turn everything upside down.\par You changed goodness to poison.\par You changed fairness to bitter poison.\par

Matthew 13:20

And what is the seed that fell on rocky ground? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching and quickly and gladly accepts that teaching.

Mark 4:4

While the farmer was planting, some seed fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed.

Mark 4:6

But the sun rose and the plants were burned. The plants died because they did not have deep roots.

Luke 8:13

What is the seed that fell on rock? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching and accept it gladly. But these people don’t have deep roots. They believe for a while. But when trouble comes, they turn away from God.

Luke 8:6

Some seed fell on rock. This seed began to grow, but then died because the seed had no water.