Mark 4:5-6

4:5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. 4:6 When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.

sn The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.

tn Grk “it did not have enough depth of earth.”

tn Grk “it did not have root.”