14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones beside the path where the word is sown, and whenever they hear it,[a] immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 And these are like[b] the ones sown on the rocky ground, who whenever they hear the word immediately receive it with joy.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:15 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Mark 4:16 Some manuscripts omit “like”