Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then whoever has received the seed upon a rocky place, this is one who hears the word and promptly accepts it with joy. "
— Matthew 13:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;”
“And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it; ”
“What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;”
“The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.”
“And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.”
“And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;”
“But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;”
Amen I say to you, certainly, that many of the prophets and the just desired to see what you see, and yet they did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and yet they did not hear it.
Listen, then, to the parable of the sower.
With anyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, evil comes and carries away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received the seed by the side of the road.
Then whoever has received the seed upon a rocky place, this is one who hears the word and promptly accepts it with joy.
But he has no root in himself, so it is only for a time; then, when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word, he promptly stumbles.
And whoever has received the seed among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the falseness of riches suffocate the word, and he is effectively without fruit.
Yet truly, whoever has received the seed into good soil, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, and so he bears fruit, and he produces: some a hundred fold, and another sixty fold, and another thirty fold.”