World English Bible
"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."
— Mark 4:16, World English 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 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;”
He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
The farmer sows the word.
The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
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.
They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.