Mark 4:17

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.

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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 likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

18And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

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Cross References

Job 19:28But ye should say, Why persecute we him? 1 Seeing the root of the matter is found in me; 1

Matthew 11:6And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Matthew 13:21yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Mark 4:5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

John 8:31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth 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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