Mar 4:5 | NET2full | STEP | Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil . It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep .

Mark 4:5

5 Other seed fell on rocky ground ^{▼▼sn The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.} where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. ^{▼▼tn Grk “it had no depth of earth.”}