Mark 4:6
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had not root, it withered away.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 another fell among the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Cross References
Colossians 2:7having been rooted and being built up in him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
James 1:11For the sun rose with the burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the grace of its fashion perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun 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 →