Mark 4:6
But assoone as ye Sunne was vp, it was burnt vp, and because it had not roote, it withered away.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 some fell among the thornes, and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, so that it gaue no fruite.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Such as bee planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courtes of our God.
Isaiah 25:4For thou hast bene a strength vnto the poore, euen a strength to the needie in his trouble, a refuge against the tempest, a shadow against the heate: for the blaste of the mightie is like a storme against the wall.
Jonah 4:8And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.
Colossians 2:7Rooted and built in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye haue bene taught, abouding therein with thankesgiuing.
James 1:11For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.
Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sunne light on them, neither any heate.
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 →