en_tn_condensed/mrk/04/16.md

these are the seed sown on the rocky ground

"These people are the seeds that fall on the rocky ground" or "These people are like seeds that fall on the rocky ground." In verse 14, what the sower sows is "the word." Here Jesus speaks of what the sower sows as those who hear the word. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)