Mark 4:6

But when the sun was up, it wilted; and because it had no root, it dried up.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

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.

7And other seed fell among thorns. And the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruits.

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Cross References

Colossians 2:7strengthening your roots and building up yourselves in him, and establishing yourselves in the faith which ye have learned, in which may ye abound in thanksgiving.

James 1:11For the sun riseth in its heat, and drieth up the herb; and its flower falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth: so also the rich man withereth in his ways.

Revelation 7:16they will not hunger, nor thirst any more; nor will the sun fall on them, nor any 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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