16Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.


In Context

13 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

14 The farmer sows the word.

15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;

Mark 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who when they have heard the word, immediately recieve it with joy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places , who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And these are they likewise who are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16'And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;