Mark 4:7

World English Bible (2000)

Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

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  • Jer 4:3 : 3 For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
  • Gen 3:17-18 : 17 To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. 18 Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
  • Matt 13:7 : 7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
  • Mark 4:18-19 : 18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word, 19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
  • Luke 8:7 : 7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
  • Luke 8:14 : 14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.

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  • Matt 13:3-8
    6 verses
    94%

    3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

    4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

    6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

    7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

    8 Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

  • Luke 8:5-8
    4 verses
    94%

    5 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

    6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

    7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

    8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

  • Mark 4:3-6
    4 verses
    89%

    3 "Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

    4 and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

    5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

    6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

  • Luke 8:11-15
    5 verses
    87%

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

    12 Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

    13 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

    14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

    15 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • Mark 4:14-20
    7 verses
    87%

    14 The farmer sows the word.

    15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

    16 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

    17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

    18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

    19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

    20 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

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    18 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

    19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

    20 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

    21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

    22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

    23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

    24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

    25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

    26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

  • 8 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."

  • Mark 4:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31 It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

    32 yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

  • 8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

  • Mark 4:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

    29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."

  • 19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

  • 44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

  • 26 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

  • Matt 7:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

    17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

  • 16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

  • 9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

  • 6 He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

  • 13 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.