Others fell on stony ground, where they didn't have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once, because the soil wasn't deep.

Others are like the seeds sown on the stony ground. When they hear the word, at once they joyfully accept it,

He was also saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds on the ground.

the ground produces grain by itself first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

So he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to distribute. So they served them to the crowd.

Whenever it brings on a seizure, it throws him to the ground. Then he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes stiff. So I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they didn't have the power."

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell on the ground and kept rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

Jesus told them, "You will drink from the cup that I'm going to drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others."

Going on a little farther, he fell to the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.