⁵ Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil.

¹⁵ And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

¹⁶ And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it ^(A)with joy.

¹⁷ And they have no root in themselves, but ^(A)endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately ^(B)they fall away.^[a]

²⁹ But when the grain is ripe, at once ^(A)he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's^[a] head. He went and beheaded him in the prison