Mark 4:15-17

Living Bible

¹⁵ The hard pathway, where some of the seed fell, represents the hard hearts of some of those who hear God’s message; Satan comes at once to try to make them forget it. ¹⁶ The rocky soil represents the hearts of those who hear the message with joy, ¹⁷ but, like young plants in such soil, their roots don’t go very deep, and though at first they get along fine, as soon as persecution begins, they wilt.