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Mark 4:16
And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
Mark 4:16 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Mark 4:16 in other translations
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
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In context
13 And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this, parable? and how shall you know all parables?
14 He that soweth, soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as soon as they have heard, immediately Satan cometh and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
17 And they have no root in themselves, but are only for a time: and then when tribulation and persecution ariseth for the word they are presently scandalized.
18 And others there are who are sown among thorns: these are they that hear the word,
19 And the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts after other things entering in choke the word, and it is made fruitless.
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