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Matthew 13:5

Weymouth NT

Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth;

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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 by the heat, and through having no root it withers up.

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;