NET Bible
"These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy."
— Mark 4:16, NET Bible
“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.”
“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;”
He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?
The sower sows the word.
These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.
These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.
But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,
but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.