Matthew 13:5

New International Reader's Version

Some seed fell on rocky places, where there wasn’t much soil. The plants came up quickly, because the soil wasn’t deep.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give my people hearts that are completely committed to me. I will give them a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove their stubborn hearts from them. And I will give them hearts that obey me.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you new hearts. I will give you a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove your stubborn hearts from you. I will give you hearts that obey me.

Amos 6:12

Horses don’t run on rocky ground. People don’t plow the sea with oxen. But you have turned fair treatment into poison. You have turned the fruit of right living into bitterness.

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts as hard as the hardest stone. They wouldn’t listen to the law. They wouldn’t pay attention to the Lord’s messages. So the Lord who rules over all was very angry. After all, his Spirit had spoken to his people through the earlier prophets.

Matthew 13:20

The seed that fell on rocky places is like other people. They hear the message and at once receive it with joy.

Matthew 13:4

He scattered the seed on the ground. Some fell on a path. Birds came and ate it up.

Matthew 13:6

When the sun came up, it burned the plants. They dried up because they had no roots.

Mark 4:16

And what is seed scattered on rocky places like? The people hear the message. At once they receive it with joy.

Mark 4:5

Some seed fell on rocky places, where there wasn’t much soil. The plants came up quickly, because the soil wasn’t deep.