Luke 8:6 “Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered…”

Luke 8:6

Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

World English Bible

Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

American Standard Version

And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Geneva Bible 1599

And some fell on the stones, and when it was sprong vp, it withered away, because it lacked moystnesse.

Darby Translation

and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;

Young's Literal Translation

'And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

Bible in Basic English

And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

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Cross references

“And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.”

Luke 8:13 Jeremiah 5:3 Ezekiel 36:26 Amos 6:12 Hebrews 3:15 Ezekiel 11:19

Luke 8:13 · BSB

The 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.

Jeremiah 5:3 · BSB

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Ezekiel 36:26 · BSB

I 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.

Amos 6:12 · BSB

“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—

Hebrews 3:15 · BSB

As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

Ezekiel 11:19 · BSB

And 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,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.

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