Mark 4:17

but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.

Montgomery 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 like the sowing upon ‘stony ground’ are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,

18There are others who are ‘sown among thorns.’

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Cross References

Matthew 11:6"And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

Matthew 13:21"But he has no root in himself; he continues for a time, but when trouble arises, or persecutions, on account of the word, at once he stumbles and falls.

Mark 4:5some other seed fell on stony soil, where it had not much earth; and it sprang up quickly because it had no depth of soil,

John 8:31So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;

1 Corinthians 10:12So then let him who imagines that he is standing so securely beware 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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