Mark 4:16-17 Others are like the seeds sown on rocky places. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ Others are like the seeds sown on rocky places. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. ¹⁷ but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.