Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;
He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.
As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.
Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.
Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.