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Mark 4:5-7
New English Translation
Mark 4:5-7
New English Translation
5 Other seed fell on rocky ground[a] where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.[b] 6 When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root,[c] it withered. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns,[d] and they grew up and choked it,[e] and it did not produce grain.
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- Mark 4:5 sn The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.
- Mark 4:5 tn Grk “it had no depth of earth.”
- Mark 4:6 tn Grk “it did not have root.”
- Mark 4:7 sn Palestinian weeds like these thorns could grow up to 6 feet in height and have a major root system.
- Mark 4:7 sn That is, crowded out the good plants.
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