Mark 4:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But they don’t allow it to go deep into their lives. They keep it only a short time. As soon as trouble or persecution comes because of the teaching they accepted, they give up.

Cross References

Matthew 11:6

Great blessings belong to those who don’t have a problem accepting me.”

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what will happen to you. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison. He will do this to test you. You will suffer for ten days, but be faithful, even if you have to die. If you continue to be faithful, I will give you the reward of life.

Matthew 12:31

“So I tell you, people can be forgiven for every sinful thing they do and for every bad thing they say against God. But anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Revelation 2:13

“I know where you live. You live where Satan has his throne, but you are true to me. You did not refuse to tell about your faith in me even during the time of Antipas. Antipas was my faithful witness who was killed in your city, the city where Satan lives.

1 John 2:19

These enemies were in our group, but they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.

Hebrews 10:29

So think how much more punishment people deserve who show their hate for the Son of God—people who show they have no respect for the blood sacrifice that began the new agreement and once made them holy or who insult the Spirit of God’s grace.

2 Timothy 4:16

The first time I defended myself, no one helped me. Everyone left me. I pray that God will forgive them.

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in Asia has left me. Even Phygelus and Hermogenes have left me.

John 8:31

So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, “If you continue to accept and obey my teaching, you are really my followers.

Luke 12:10

“Whoever says something against the Son of Man can be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Matthew 13:21

But they do not let the teaching go deep into their lives. They keep it only a short time. As soon as trouble or persecution comes because of the teaching they accepted, they give up.

Job 19:28

“Maybe you will say, ‘How can we push Job a little harder and make him realize that he is the source of his problems?’

2 Timothy 4:10

Demas loved this world too much. That is why he left me. He went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia. And Titus went to Dalmatia.

Galatians 6:12

Those men who are trying to force you to be circumcised are only doing it so that their people will accept them. They are afraid they will be persecuted if they follow only the cross of Christ.

Mark 4:16

“Other people are like the seed planted on rocky ground. They hear the teaching, and they quickly and gladly accept it.

Mark 4:18

“Others are like the seed planted among the thorny weeds. They hear the teaching,