"Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness o…" — Matthew 13:5

Matthew 13:5 · KJV

“Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:”

— Matthew 13:5

Verse 4

And when he sowed, some {seeds} fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Verse 6

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Matthew 13 — Context

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

And when he sowed, some {seeds} fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Cross References

Ezekiel 36:26

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 11:19

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

Zechariah 7:12

Yea, they made their hearts {as} an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. {by: Heb. by the hand of}

Matthew 13:20

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will {one} plow {there} with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: