Mark 4:17

and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.

Revised Version 1895

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 these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy;

18And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word,

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Cross References

Job 19:28If ye say, How we will persecute him! seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;

Matthew 11:6And blessed is he, whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in me.

Matthew 13:21yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.

Mark 4:5And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:

John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews which had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed 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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