16 And these are like[a] the ones sown on the rocky ground, who whenever they hear the word immediately receive it with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then when[b] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:16 Some manuscripts omit “like”
  2. Mark 4:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“comes”)