Those on the rocky soil are those who hear the word with joy when they hear it, but have no root. They believe for a while, but fall away in the time of temptation.
because Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he was perplexed, yet he enjoyed listening to him.
The seeds by the road are like people where the word is sown, but when they heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.