King James Version
What Does Matthew 13:5 Mean?
“Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:”
Context
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And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
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And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
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Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
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And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(5) **Stony places.**—Either ground in which stones and pebbles were mingled with the soil, or, more probably, where a thin stratum of earth covered the solid rock. Here, of course, growth was rapid through the very circumstance which was afterwards fatal.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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