KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 13:4–5
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Matthew 13:4
4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
4And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the foules came, and deuoured them vp.
Matthew 13:5
5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
5Some fell vpon stony places, where they had not much earth: and foorth with they sprung vp, because they had no deepenesse of earth.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 13:4
Scattered on ground, as seed; sprinkled with seed, as ground.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Fell or dropped down; as an adjective, fierce or cruel; as a noun, an animal skin, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A lateral part, edge, or surface; also a party or position in a dispute.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Birds, especially birds used for food or sacrifice.
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Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Matthew 13:5
Fell or dropped down; as an adjective, fierce or cruel; as a noun, an animal skin, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Rocky, made of stone, or abounding in stones with little depth of soil.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Locations, positions, rooms, occasions, offices, or passages, according to context.
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A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Immediately, at once, or without delay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Arose, grew, issued, or leaped forth, as the context indicates.
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For the reason that; since.
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Depth or amount of earth below the surface.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 4
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Open the full verse study18¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
From verse 5
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Open the full verse study26A 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.
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Open the full verse study19And 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:
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Open the full verse study12Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
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Open the full verse study12¶ 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:
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Open the full verse study20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
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