Mark 4:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But they don't have any roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

Cross References

Job 19:28

My friends, you think up ways to blame and torment me, saying I brought it on myself.

Matthew 11:6

God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do.”

Matthew 12:31

I tell you that any sinful thing you do or say can be forgiven. Even if you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven, either in this life or in the life to come.

Matthew 13:21

But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

Mark 4:16

The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it straight away.

Mark 4:18

The seeds that fell among the thorn bushes are also people who hear the message.

Luke 12:10

If you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven, but if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you cannot be forgiven.

John 8:31

Jesus told the people who had faith in him, “If you keep on obeying what I have said, you truly are my disciples.

Galatians 6:12

Those people who are telling you to get circumcised are only trying to show how important they are. And they don't want to get into trouble for preaching about the cross of Christ.

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in Asia has turned against me, especially Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 4:10

Demas loves the things of this world so much that he left me and went to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus has gone to Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:16

When I was first put on trial, no one helped me. In fact, everyone deserted me. I hope it won't be held against them.

Hebrews 10:29

But it is much worse to dishonour God's Son and to disgrace the blood of the promise that made us holy. And it is just as bad to insult the Holy Spirit, who shows us mercy.

1 John 2:19

These people came from our own group, yet they were not part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, which proves that they did not belong to our group.

Revelation 2:10

Don't worry about what you will suffer. The devil will throw some of you into jail, and you will be tested and made to suffer for ten days. But if you are faithful until you die, I will reward you with a glorious life.

Revelation 2:13

I know that you live where Satan has his throne. But you have kept true to my name. There where Satan lives, my faithful witness Antipas was taken from you and put to death. Even then you did not give up your faith in me.