Mark 4:6
and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;
Young's Literal Translation
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 toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.
Isaiah 25:4For Thou hast been a stronghold for the poor, A stronghold for the needy in his distress, A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, When the spirit of the terrible [is] as a storm — a wall.
Jonah 4:8And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, 'Better [is] my death than my life.'
Colossians 2:7being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught — abounding in it in thanksgiving.
James 1:11for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
Revelation 7:16they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall 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 →