Mark 4:6
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Berean Standard Bible
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
7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Isaiah 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
Jonah 4:8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
James 1:11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Revelation 7:16‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching 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 →