Mark 4:16

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Summary

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

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General references

Mark 4:5

Luke 8:6

Bible References

Which

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing he was a just and holy man; so he protected John ??he was greatly exercised when he listened to him, still he was glad to listen to him.

As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"

A scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you anywhere";

As for him who is sown 'on stony soil,' that is the man who hears the word and accepts it at once with enthusiasm;

Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.

he was a burning and a shining lamp, and you chose to rejoice for a while in his light.

indeed Simon himself believed, and after his baptism kept close to Philip, utterly astonished to see the signs and striking miracles which were taking place.

but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"

"At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!"

General references

some other seed fell on stony soil where it had not much earth, and it shot up at once because it had no depth of earth,

some other seed dropped on the rock, but it withered away when it sprang up because it had no moisture;