Mark 4:5-6

4:5 Other seed fell on rocky ground ¹  where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. ²  4:6 When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, ³  it withered.

[4:5]  ¹ sn The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.

[4:5]  ² tn Grk “it did not have enough depth of earth.”

[4:6]  ³ tn Grk “it did not have root.”