Mark 4:17

and have no root in themselves, but are temporary professors: afterwards, when tribulation cometh or persecution for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

16and these in like manner are they who were sown on the rocky soil; who when they have heard the word, instantly with joy receive it;

18And those are the sown among the thorns; such as are hearers of the word;

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Cross References

Matthew 11:6And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended at me.

Matthew 13:21hath not really root in himself, but is merely temporary: and when tribulation or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately he is stumbled.

Mark 4:5And some fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much mold, and immediately it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth:

John 8:31Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye abide in my word, assuredly ye are my disciples;

1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he 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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