Mark 4:17 but since they had such shallow roots, they continued on for only a little while. Then, when trouble and persecution arose over obeying ‘the word,’ immediately they stumbled i.e., and fell away from God.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ but [since] they had such shallow roots, they continued on for [only] a little while. Then, when trouble and persecution arose over [obeying] ‘the word,’ immediately they stumbled [i.e., and fell away from God].