Mark 4:6

But when the sun came up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Revised King James 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

5And some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil:

7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

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Cross References

Colossians 2:7Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, and abounding with thanksgiving.

James 1:11For the sun has no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way shall the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, nor shall they thirst any more; nor shall the sun beat upon them, nor shall 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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