Mark 4:17
But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
18Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
Cross References
Job 19:28If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
Matthew 11:6Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Matthew 13:21But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
Mark 4:5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
John 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
1 Corinthians 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to 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 →