Mark 4:6

but when the sun rose it was scorched and withered away because it had no root.

Montgomery New Testament

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

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,

7Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so that it yielded no crop.

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Cross References

Colossians 2:7since you are rooted in him, and in him continually built up. Be firmly established in the faith as you were taught it, and continually abound in it with thanksgiving.

James 1:11For as the sun comes up with a burning heat, it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes; so also shall the rich man fade away amid his pursuits.

Revelation 7:16They hunger no more, Neither thirst any more; Neither will the sun strike upon them, Nor any scorching 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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