“What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 13 contains 58 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.