Matthew 13:5 Meaning and Explanation
“Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Other seed falls on thin soil over rock, springing up quickly because there is no depth.
What Does Matthew 13:5 Mean?
The stony places are not loose stones but a shelf of limestone bedrock lying just beneath a shallow skin of soil. Seed there sprouts fast precisely because the thin earth warms quickly and the roots cannot go deep.
Quick growth is not always healthy growth. What rises in a moment, with no depth beneath it, has nothing to draw on when trouble comes. The Lord gently exposes a danger of the heart that welcomes the word with eager emotion but never lets it reach down into the costly, hidden places where lasting faith is rooted.
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What does Matthew 13:5 mean?
Other seed falls on thin soil over rock, springing up quickly because there is no depth.