Mark 4:16-18

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] 18} And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word,