Catholic Public Domain Version
"And similarly, there are those who were sown upon stony ground. These, when they have heard the word, immediately accept it with gladness. "
— Mark 4:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;”
“And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, straightway 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.”
“These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.”
“And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.”
“And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;”
“And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;”
And he said to them: “Do you not understand this parable? And so, how will you understand all the parables?
He who sows, sows the word.
Now there are those who are along the way, where the word is sown. And when they have heard it, Satan quickly comes and takes away the word, which was sown in their hearts.
And similarly, there are those who were sown upon stony ground. These, when they have heard the word, immediately accept it with gladness.
But they have no root in themselves, and so they are for a limited time. And when next tribulation and persecution arises because of the word, they quickly fall away.
And there are others who are sown among thorns. These are those who hear the word,
but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.