For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up the unploughed ground; do not sow among the thorns.
Mark 4:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce fruit. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Other seed [of the same kind] fell among thorn plants, and the thistles grew and pressed together and utterly choked and suffocated it, and it yielded no grain. American Standard Version (1901) And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. Common English Bible Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorny plants grew and choked the seeds, and they produced nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version And some fell among thorns. And the thorns grew up and suffocated it, and it did not produce fruit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. |
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up the unploughed ground; do not sow among the thorns.
Now the one sown among the thorns #– #this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it.
Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.
When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.
Still other seed fell on good ground and it grew up, producing fruit that increased thirty, sixty, and a hundred times.’
He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’
‘Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.
Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns grew up with it and choked it.