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Mark 4:16 KJV
Mark · chapter 4 · verse 16
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;Mark 4:16 · King James Version
Mark 4:16 in context
14The sower soweth the word.
15And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
18And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- immediatelyeutheōsstraightway, immediately, forthwithG2112 →
- likewisehomoiōslikewise, equally, in the same wayG3668 →
- receivelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- groundpetrōdēsrocky, stony, of a ground full of rocksG4075 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- sownspeirōto sow, scatter, seed, metaph. of proverbial sayingsG4687 →
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The foregoing chapter began with Christ's entering into the synagogue (Mar 4:1); this chapter begins with Christ's teaching again by the sea side. Thus he changed his method, that if possible all might be reached and wrought upon.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20