Mark 4:6-7

4:6 When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, ¹  it withered. 4:7 Other seed fell among the thorns, ²  and they grew up and choked it, ³  and it did not produce grain.

Mark 4:34

4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

Mark 9:30

Second Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

9:30 They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But ⁴  Jesus ⁵  did not want anyone to know,

Mark 16:11

16:11 And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

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¹ tn Grk “it did not have root.”

² sn Palestinian weeds like these thorns could grow up to six feet in height and have a major root system.

³ sn That is, crowded out the good plants.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.