Mark 4:17

Yet they have no root in themselves, but are only temporary. When tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, they immediately fall away.

Text-Critical English NT

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

16Likewise, some people are like the seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy.

18Others are like the seed sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

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Cross References

Matthew 11:6And blessed is anyone who does not take offense at me.”

Matthew 13:21Yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary. When tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately falls away.

Mark 4:5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up immediately because it had no depth of soil.

John 8:31Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.

1 Corinthians 10:12Therefore whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to 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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