Bible verse
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
Matthew 13:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 13.
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
24 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
KJV
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
ASV
And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;
ERV
And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;
Newsletter
A short reading and some honest encouragement, most weekday mornings — no noise, no selling, unsubscribe in one click.
Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, which is free of copyright restrictions for use on websites. Read the full Bible on Great Faith.