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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus continues to explain to his disciples the parable about a person who sows seeds.
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# What was sown on rocky ground
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The phrase "what was sown" refers to seed that fell. Alternate translation: "The seed that fell on rocky ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# What was sown on rocky ground is
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"The rocky ground where seed was sown represents" or "The rocky ground where seed fell represents"
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# the person who hears the word
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In the parable, the seed represents the word.
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# the word
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This represents God's message. Alternate translation: "the message" or "God's teaching" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# receives it with joy
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Believing the word is spoken of as receiving it. Alternate translation: "joyfully believes it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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