Mark 4:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

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  • Jer 4:3 : 3 For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.
  • Gen 3:17-18 : 17 And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life. 18 Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;
  • Matt 13:7 : 7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.
  • Mark 4:18-19 : 18 And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word, 19 And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.
  • Luke 8:7 : 7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.
  • Luke 8:14 : 14 And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 13:3-8
    6 verses
    94%

    3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

    4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

    5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

    6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

    7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

    8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

  • Luke 8:5-8
    4 verses
    94%

    5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

    6 And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

    7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

    8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Mark 4:3-6
    4 verses
    89%

    3 A man went out to put seed in the earth:

    4 And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

    5 And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

    6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

  • Luke 8:11-15
    5 verses
    87%

    11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

    12 Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

    13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

    14 And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

    15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

  • Mark 4:14-20
    7 verses
    87%

    14 The seed is the word.

    15 And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

    16 And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

    17 And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

    18 And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

    19 And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.

    20 And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

  • Matt 13:18-26
    9 verses
    84%

    18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

    19 When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

    20 And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

    21 But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

    22 And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

    23 And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

    24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

    25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

    26 But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

  • Mark 4:8
    83%

    8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

  • Mark 4:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

    32 But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

  • Heb 6:8
    75%

    8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

  • Mark 4:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

    29 But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

  • Matt 7:19
    74%

    19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

  • Luke 6:44
    73%

    44 For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

  • Mark 4:26
    73%

    26 And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

  • Matt 7:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

    17 Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

  • Luke 12:16
    72%

    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • Luke 13:9
    72%

    9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

  • Luke 13:6
    72%

    6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

  • Matt 15:13
    71%

    13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.