Mark 4:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:3

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.

Matthew 13:22

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.

Matthew 13:7

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

Matthew 13:8

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

Mark 4:6

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

Mark 4:8

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

Luke 12:15

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

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:

Luke 8:14

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 8:7

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