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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:
Mark 4:5 · King James Version
Mark 4:5 in other translations
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
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In context
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
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:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
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