The Parable of the Sower
Mark 4:5
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
- KJV
- And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
- WEB
- Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
- ASV
- And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:
- LSV
- and other fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of having no depth of earth,
- YLT
- and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,
- DBY
- And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out [of the ground] because it had no depth of earth;
- DRC
- And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.
- GNV
- And some fell on stonie grounde, where it had not much earth, and by and by sprang vp, because it had not depth of earth.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include καὶ (“And”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δὲ (“however”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- Spelling of εὐθὺς: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: εὐθέως.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: καὶ ἄλλο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ ἄλλο; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἄλλο δὲ.
- SBLGNT: ὅπου. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ὅπου; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read καὶ ὅπου.
- SBLGNT: εὐθὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εὐθὺς; Robinson–Pierpont read εὐθέως.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν, καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξανέτειλεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς·
- RP2018
- Ἄλλο δὲ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες, ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν· καὶ εὐθέως ἐξανέτειλεν, διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἄλλο δὲ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες, ὅπου οὐκ εἶχε γῆν πολλήν· καὶ εὐθέως ἐξανέτειλε, διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς·
- SCR1894
- αλλο δε επεσεν επι το πετρωδες οπου ουκ ειχεν γην πολλην και ευθεως εξανετειλεν δια το μη εχειν βαθος γης
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- Luke 8:6Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
- Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Matthew 13:5–6Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow. But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
- Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
- Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
- Matthew 13:20The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
- Mark 4:16–17Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the…
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