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Mark 4:16-17
English Standard Version
Mark 4:16-17
English Standard Version
16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it (A)with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but (B)endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately (C)they fall away.[a]
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Mark 4:16-17
New International Version
Mark 4:16-17
New International Version
16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
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