Mark 4:17

They have no root in themselves, but endure for a short time. Then tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, and immediately they stumble.

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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

16These are the ones that are sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.

18The others are the ones that were sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

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Cross References

Job 19:28If you say, 'How we will persecute him! 1 The root of his troubles lies in him,' 1

Matthew 11:6Blessed is anyone who is not offended by me.”

Matthew 13:21yet he has no root in himself and he endures for a while. When tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he quickly falls away.

Mark 4:5Other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil.

John 8:31Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples;

1 Corinthians 10:12Therefore let anyone who thinks he stands be careful that he does not 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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