Mark 4:6
and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Revised Version 1895
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
7And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13They that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a strong hold to the poor, a strong hold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Colossians 2:7rooted and builded up in him, and stablished in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
James 1:11For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon 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 →