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Luke 8:6
Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
Luke 8:6 · World English Bible
Luke 8:6 in other translations
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
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In context
3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them from their possessions.
4 When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable:
5 “The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
8 Other fell into the good ground and grew and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
9 Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
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