Mark 4:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But they have no root and endure only for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

Cross References

Job 19:28

If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

Matthew 12:31

Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Matthew 13:21

yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.

Mark 4:16

And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy.

Mark 4:18

And others are those sown among the thorns: these are the ones who hear the word,

Luke 12:10

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

John 8:31

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples,

Galatians 6:12

It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who try to compel you to be circumcised—only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

2 Timothy 1:15

You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them!

Hebrews 10:29

How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace?

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 by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 2:13

“I know where you are living, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.