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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Jesus continues to explain to his disciples the parable about a person who sows seeds.
-
 # What was sown on rocky ground
 
-The phrase "what was sown" refers to seed that fell. Alternate translation: "The seed that fell on rocky ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"The seed that fell on rocky ground" 
 
 # What was sown on rocky ground is
 
@@ -16,9 +12,9 @@ In the parable, the seed represents the word.
 
 # the word
 
-This represents God's message. Alternate translation: "the message" or "God's teaching" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"the message" or "God's teaching" 
 
 # receives it with joy
 
-Believing the word is spoken of as receiving it. Alternate translation: "joyfully believes it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"joyfully believes it"