Mark 4:17
and have no root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
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18And these are they who are sown toward the thorns: these are they who are hearing the word,
Cross References
Job 19:28But you say, Why do we pursue after him? And the root of the matter has been found in me.
Matthew 11:6and blessed is he who may not be stumbled in Me.”
Matthew 13:21and he has no root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.
Mark 4:5and other fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of having no depth of earth,
John 8:31Jesus, therefore, said to the Jews who believed in Him, “If you may remain in My word, you are truly My disciples,
1 Corinthians 10:12so that he who is thinking to stand—let him observe, 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 →