Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and immediately they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Had no deepness of earth; and therefore the seed, not able to shoot downwards, shot upwards, and for want of necessary moisture and nutriment, was burned by the scorching heat of the sun.