Matthew 13:5

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.

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—

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry.

Matthew 13:20

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

Matthew 13:4

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

Matthew 13:6

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

Mark 4:16

Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

Mark 4:5

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