Mark 4:17

And they have no root in them, but are temporary; and when there is affliction or persecution on account of the word, they are quickly stumbled.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 those sown on the rock, are they who, when they hear the word, immediately with joy receive it.

18And those sown among thorns, are they that hear the word,

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Cross References

Matthew 11:6and happy is he, who shall not be stumbled at me.

Matthew 13:21Yet hath he no root in him, but is of short duration, and when there is trouble or persecution on account of the word, he soon stumbleth.

Mark 4:5And other seed fell on a rock, so that it had not much earth; and it soon shot up, because it had no depth of earth.

John 8:31And Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him: If ye continue in my word, ye will be truly my disciples.

1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore, let him who thinketh he standeth, 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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