Mark 4:17 meaning and explanation

But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Mark 4:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is explaining the parable of the sower privately to the Twelve and those around him. The seed is the word, and this rocky ground describes people who hear it and receive it at once with joy.

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