Mark 4:17

Good News Translation (US Version)

But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.

Cross References

Matthew 11:6

How happy are those who have no doubts about me!”

Revelation 2:10

Don't be afraid of anything you are about to suffer. Listen! The Devil will put you to the test by having some of you thrown into prison, and your troubles will last ten days. Be faithful to me, even if it means death, and I will give you life as your prize of victory.

Matthew 12:31

For this reason I tell you: people can be forgiven any sin and any evil thing they say; but whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live, there where Satan has his throne. You are true to me, and you did not abandon your faith in me even during the time when Antipas, my faithful witness, was killed there where Satan lives.

1 John 2:19

These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.

Hebrews 10:29

What, then, of those who despise the Son of God? who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant which purified them from sin? who insult the Spirit of grace? Just think how much worse is the punishment they will deserve!

2 Timothy 4:16

No one stood by me the first time I defended myself; all deserted me. May God not count it against them!

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in the province of Asia, including Phygelus and Hermogenes, has deserted me.

John 8:31

So Jesus said to those who believed in him, “If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples;

Luke 12:10

“Whoever says a word against the Son of Man can be forgiven; but whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Matthew 13:21

But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.

Job 19:28

“How can we torment him?” You looked for some excuse to attack me.

2 Timothy 4:10

Demas fell in love with this present world and has deserted me, going off to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Galatians 6:12

The people who are trying to force you to be circumcised are the ones who want to show off and boast about external matters. They do it, however, only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Mark 4:16

Other people are like the seeds that fall on rocky ground. As soon as they hear the message, they receive it gladly.

Mark 4:18

Other people are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the ones who hear the message,