Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

They on the rock {are they}, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Shall horses run upon the rock? will {one} plow {there} with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

O LORD, {are} not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, {but} they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds {they are} without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: