Mark 4:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

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  • Matt 11:6 : 6 – and blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me!”
  • Matt 12:31 : 31 For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
  • 1 Thess 3:3-5 : 3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. 5 So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
  • 2 Tim 2:17-18 : 17 and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. 18 They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 ‘I know where you live– where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
  • Matt 24:9-9 : 9 Persecution of Disciples“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name. 10 Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
  • Mark 4:5-6 : 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. 6 When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.
  • Luke 12:10 : 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
  • John 8:31 : 31 Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him,“If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples
  • John 15:2-7 : 2 He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit. 3 You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me– and I in him– bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
  • 1 Cor 10:12-13 : 12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall. 13 No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.
  • Job 19:28 : 28 If you say,‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9 Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him? 10 Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?
  • Gal 6:12 : 12 Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

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  • Matt 13:18-23
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    18“So listen to the parable of the sower:

    19When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

    20The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

    21But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

    22The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.

    23But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”

  • Mark 4:18-20
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    18Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

    19but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

    20But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

  • Mark 4:14-16
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    14The sower sows the word.

    15These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

    16These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

  • Luke 8:11-15
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    11“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

    12Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

    13Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

    14As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

    15But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

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    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

    6But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.

    7Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.

    8But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

  • Mark 4:3-8
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    3“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

    5Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

    6When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.

    7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

    8But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

  • Luke 8:5-7
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    5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

    6Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

    7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.

  • Matt 13:26
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    26When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel also appeared.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

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    28By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

    29And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”

  • Mark 4:31-33
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    31It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground–

    32when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade.”

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    10Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

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    1“I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

  • 2 Tim 4:3
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    3For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.

  • Heb 12:15
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    15See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.

  • Matt 13:38
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    38The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The poisonous weeds are the people of the evil one,

  • Mark 4:12
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    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

  • John 15:6
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    6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

  • Matt 7:17
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    17In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

  • Jer 17:8
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    8They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

  • Matt 13:29
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    29But he said,‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it.