Mark 4:6
And when the sun was risen it was scorched, and because it had no root it dried out.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
In Context
7And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Men who are planted in the house of LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Isaiah 25:4For thou have been a stronghold to a poor man, a stronghold to a needy man in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the oppressors is as a storm against the wall.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live
Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.
James 1:11For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.
Revelation 7:16They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst any more. The sun will, no, not fall upon them, nor any heat.
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →