Mark 4:17

Translations

Modern

But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then, on tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are caused to stumble.

Latin

…et non habent radicem in se, sed temporales sunt: deinde orta tribulatione et persecutione propter verbum, confestim scandalizantur.

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English

But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Notes

Mark 4:14–20

The explanation of the parable of the four soils uses an allegory (a story where each part has a deeper meaning). The farmer represents someone who shares God’s word (4:14). The four types of soil represent different ways people respond to that message.

The main point of the parable is that people should be like good soil and listen to God’s word (4:9). Only those who produce a crop (show a changed life) and continue faithfully to the end will be saved (13:13; 8:35; Revelation 2:10–11).

Mark 4:1–34

In this section, Mark gathers several teaching parables of Jesus. A parable is a short story that teaches a spiritual truth.

Theme notes and profiles

Persecution The Secret of the Messiah

Events

Seaside Parables and Miraclec. AD 28

Related verses

Matthew 11:6
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
1 Thessalonians 3:3–5
…so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
Matthew 12:31
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
John 15:2–7
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Job 27:8–10
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
Revelation 2:13
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
2 Timothy 2:17–18
…and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
John 8:31
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
Hebrews 10:29
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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