Mark 4:16-17 Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. ¹⁷ But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.