Mark 4:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Other seed fell on rocky ground, where there was not enough dirt. It grew quickly there because the soil was not deep.

Cross References

Ezekiel 36:26

I will also put a new spirit in you to change your way of thinking. I will take out the heart of stone from your body and give you a tender, human heart.

Luke 8:13

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

Luke 8:6

Other seed fell on rock. It began to grow but then died because it had no water.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run over loose rocks? No, and people don’t use cows for plowing. But you turned everything upside down. You changed justice and goodness to bitter poison.

Ezekiel 11:19

I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.

Matthew 13:20

“And what about the seed that fell on rocky ground? That is like the people who hear the teaching and quickly and gladly accept it.

Hosea 10:12

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

Mark 4:4

While he was scattering the seed, some of it fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed.

Mark 4:6

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