Mark 4:16-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ And these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; ¹⁷ and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.^{[a] 18} And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word,