Mark 4:5

New International Version

Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—

Matthew 13:20

The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

Mark 4:4

As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Mark 4:6

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

Luke 8:13

Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.

Luke 8:6

Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.