Mark 4:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Mark 6:20 : 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
  • Ezek 33:31-32 : 31 They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. 32 Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don't do them.
  • Luke 8:13 : 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.
  • John 5:35 : 35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
  • Matt 13:20-21 : 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.
  • Acts 8:13 : 13 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occuring, he was amazed.
  • Acts 8:18-21 : 18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit." 20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God.
  • Matt 8:19-20 : 19 A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." 20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
  • Mark 10:17-22 : 17 As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" 18 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one-- God. 19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'" 20 He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth." 21 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross." 22 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 13:18-24
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    88%

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

    19When 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.

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

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

    22What 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.

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

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

  • Mark 4:17-20
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    86%

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

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

    19and 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.

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

  • Mark 4:14-15
    2 verses
    85%

    14The farmer sows the word.

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

  • Mark 4:3-9
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    83%

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

    4and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds{TR adds "of the air"} came and devoured it.

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

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

    7Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

    8Others 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."

    9He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Luke 8:11-15
    5 verses
    83%

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

    12Those 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.

    13Those 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.

    14That 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.

    15That 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.

  • Matt 13:3-8
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    81%

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Luke 8:5-8
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    75%

    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.

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

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

    8Other 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 4:28-29
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    28For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

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

  • John 4:36-37
    2 verses
    68%

    36He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

    37For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'

  • Ps 126:5
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    5Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

  • Mark 4:31-33
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    67%

    31It'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,

    32yet 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."

    33With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

  • Matt 13:26
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    26But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel appeared also.

  • Mark 4:26
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    26He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

  • 1 Pet 4:13
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    13But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also you may rejoice with exceeding joy.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Luke 6:48
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    48He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;