“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Mark 4 contains 41 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.