Matthew 13:5

Good News Translation (US Version)

Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them a new heart and a new mind. I will take away their stubborn heart of stone and will give them an obedient heart.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart.

Matthew 13:20

The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the message gladly as soon as they hear it.

Zechariah 7:12

and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry.

Amos 6:12

Do horses gallop on rocks? Does anyone plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison, and right into wrong.

Matthew 13:4

As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up, it burned the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up.

Mark 4:5

Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep.

Mark 4:16

Other people are like the seeds that fall on rocky ground. As soon as they hear the message, they receive it gladly.