Mark 4:6

But when the sun rose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Text-Critical English NT

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

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.

7Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no fruit.

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Cross References

Colossians 2:7being rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

James 1:11For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass, and its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance is lost. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

Revelation 7:16They will hunger and thirst no more; the sun will certainly not beat down upon them, and neither will any scorching 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 →

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