Mark 4:16-17 And these are likewise those sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

BLB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ And these are likewise those sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy, ¹⁷ and they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then tribulation or persecution having arisen on account of the word, immediately they fall away.