Mark 4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: Precocity and rapid growth are everywhere the forerunners of rapid decay. The oak that is to stand a thousand years does not shoot up like the hop or the creeper. (M. Dods, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: |
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