Mark 4:6
But when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Noyes 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
7And others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked them, and they yielded no fruit.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a defence to the poor; A defence to the needy in his distress; A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, When the rage of tyrants was like a storm against a wall.
Jonah 4:8And when the sun arose, God appointed a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, and he was faint, and he asked for himself death, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
James 1:11For the sun rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither shall the sun fall upon them, nor any burning 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 →