Mark 4:17

4:17 But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Mark 5:35

5:35 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s house saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”


tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

tn Grk “are temporary.”

sn See the note on synagogue rulers in 5:22.