Mark 4:6
they were scorched when the sun came up. Since they didn't have any real roots, they soon withered.
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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 92:13They are planted in the house of the Lord; they thrive in the courts of our God.
Isaiah 25:4But you have protected the poor and needy when they were in trouble, you shielded them from storms and shaded them from the heat. For the actions of brutal people are like rain beating against a wall,
Jonah 4:8Then as the sun came up the Lord arranged for a scorching east wind to blow, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and wanted to die. “I'd rather die than live!” he said.
Colossians 2:7grounded in him and built up by him. May your trust in him continue to grow strong, following what you were taught, full of gratitude to God.
James 1:11For the sun rises along with the blistering wind and scorches the grass. The flowers fall and their beauty is marred. Everything the rich achieve will fade in just the same way.
Revelation 7:16They will never be hungry ever again, or thirsty; the sun will not beat down on them and they will not suffer 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 →