Mark 4:17

and have no root in themselves, but endure only for a time; then, when affliction or persecution ariseth on account of the word, they immediately fall away.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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 in like manner are they that are sown on the rocky places, those, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy,

18And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they who hear the word,

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Cross References

Job 19:28Since ye say, “How may we persecute him, And find grounds of accusation against him?”

Matthew 11:6and blessed is he, whoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

Matthew 13:21but, having no root within him, endureth only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth on account of the word, he immediately falleth away.

Mark 4:5And others fell on rocky ground, where they had not much earth; and they sprung up immediately, because they had no depth of earth.

John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

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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