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.


In Context

13 He said to them, |Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

14 The farmer sows the word.

15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

16 These 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.

17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

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 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;