Mark 4:5
Good News Translation
Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep.

New Revised Standard Version
Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly, since it had no depth of soil.

Contemporary English Version
Other seeds fell on thin, rocky ground and quickly started growing because the soil wasn't very deep.

New American Bible
Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.

Mark 4:16,17 And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy. . . .

Ezekiel 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit in their bowels: and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh:

Ezekiel 36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.

Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.

Amos 6:12 For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.

Matthew 13:5,6,20 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. . . .

Luke 8:6,13 And other some fell upon a rock. And as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. . . .

Context
The Parable of the Sower
4And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up. 5And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth. 6And when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:5
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.

Mark 4:4
And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.

Mark 4:6
And when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Mark 4:4
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