Mark 4:6
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.
Bible in Basic English
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
Cross References
Psalms 92:13\92:12\The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
Isaiah 25:4For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
Jonah 4:8Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
Colossians 2:7Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.
James 1:11For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
Revelation 7:16They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:
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 →