Marcos 4:5

5 Otras cayeron en tierra poco profunda con roca debajo de ella. Las semillas germinaron con rapidez porque la tierra era poco profunda;

Marcos 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:5

And some fell on stony ground
The word was preached to some persons who had hearts of stone, and which remained so:

where it had not much earth;
and so could be received only in a notional and superficial way, but could take no place, so as to produce any good effect:

and immediately it sprung up;
a sudden and hasty profession of the word was made, without a powerful experience of it:

because it had no depth of earth;
if it had, it would have been longer in coming up; more work would have been done by it, which would have required more time, before a profession of it had been made.

Marcos 4:5 In-Context

3 «¡Escuchen! Un agricultor salió a sembrar.

4 A medida que esparcía la semilla por el campo, algunas cayeron sobre el camino y los pájaros vinieron y se las comieron.

5 Otras cayeron en tierra poco profunda con roca debajo de ella. Las semillas germinaron con rapidez porque la tierra era poco profunda;

6 pero pronto las plantas se marchitaron bajo el calor del sol y, como no tenían raíces profundas, murieron.

7 Otras semillas cayeron entre espinos, los cuales crecieron y ahogaron los brotes, así que esos brotes no produjeron grano.