Mark 4:17

and they have no root in themselves, but are for a time: then, tribulation arising, or persecution on account of the word, immediately they are offended.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

In Context

16And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

18And others are they who are sown among the thorns: these are they who have heard the word,

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Cross References

Job 19:28If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

Matthew 11:6and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Matthew 13:21but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

Mark 4:5And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out [of the ground] because it had no depth of earth;

John 8:31Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

1 Corinthians 10:12So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

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 →

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