I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit {\cf2\super [98]} in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.
Matthew 13:5 - Easy To Read Version Some seed fell on rocky ground. The ground there did not have enough dirt. The seed grew very fast there, because the ground was not deep. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. American Standard Version (1901) and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth: Common English Bible Other seed fell on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. They sprouted immediately because the soil wasn’t deep. Catholic Public Domain Version Then others fell in a rocky place, where they did not have much soil. And they sprung up promptly, because they had no depth of soil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth. |
I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit {\cf2\super [98]} in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.
\{God said,\} “I will also put a new spirit in you \{and change your way of thinking\}. I will take out the heart of stone from your body and give you a tender, human heart.
Do horses run over loose rocks? No!\par and people don’t use cows for plowing.\par But you turn everything upside down.\par You changed goodness to poison.\par You changed fairness to bitter poison.\par
They were very stubborn.\par They would not obey the law.\par The Lord All-Powerful used his Spirit\par and sent messages to his people\par through the prophets.\par But the people would not listen.\par So the Lord All-Powerful\par became very angry.\par
And what is the seed that fell on rocky ground? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching and quickly and gladly accepts that teaching.
While the farmer was planting, some seed fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed.
But when the sun rose, it burned the plants. The plants died because they did not have deep roots.
Other people are like the seed planted on rocky ground. They hear the teaching and quickly and gladly accept it.
Some seed fell on rocky ground. The ground there did not have enough dirt. The seed grew very fast there because the ground was not deep.