Mark 4:6

but when the sun arose, it became hot; and inasmuch as it had no root, it dried up.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

5And other fell upon the rock, so that it had not much earth; and it soon came up, because it had not depth of earth:

7And other fell in a place of thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it gave no fruits.

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Cross References

Colossians 2:7your roots strengthened, and you builded in him, and established in that faith which you have learned, that you may abound therein with thanksgiving.

James 1:11For the sun ariseth in his heat, and drieth the herb, and the flower of it falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth; so also the rich withereth in his reverses.

Revelation 7:16They will not hunger or thirst again, nor will the sun come down upon them, nor any 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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