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 # yet he has no root in himself and he endures for a while
 
-"yet he has shallow roots and only lasts for a little while." The root represents what makes a person continue to believe God's message. Alternate translation: "But like a plant that does not grow deep roots, he only endures for a little while" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+but like a plant that does not grow deep roots, he only endures for a little while" 
 
 # he quickly falls away
 
-Here "falls away" means stops believing. Alternate translation: "immediately he falls away" or "he quickly stops believing the message" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"immediately he falls away" or "he quickly stops believing the message"