Discovery BoxMark 4:6-7 
Context4:6 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
Context4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.
Mark 9:30
ContextSecond 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
Context16:11 And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.
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.
