Mark 4:17
immediately receive it with joy, but have no root in themselves, and so continue but for a short season: and then, when affliction cometh, or persecution on account of the word, they are as soon offended.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
16And in like manner, they that are sown as on stony grounds are such, as when they hear the word,
18And those that are sown as among thorns, are these: such as hear the word indeed,
Cross References
Matthew 11:6and happy is the man who shall not be offended at any thing in me.
Matthew 13:21yet hath he no root in himself, and therefore is but for a short season; and when affliction cometh, or persecution on account of the word, he is as soon disgusted.
Mark 4:5and some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth, and it sprang up immediately, because it had not depth of earth;
John 8:31Therefore said Jesus to the Jews that believed on Him, If ye continue in my word, ye are indeed my disciples.
1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore let him, that thinks he standeth, take heed least 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 →