⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where there wasn’t much soil, and they sprang up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep.

²⁰ And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.^{(A) 21} Yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. When pressure or persecution^(B) comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles.