Mark 4:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked out the plants. So they did not produce any grain.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:3

People of Jerusalem and Judah, don't be so stubborn! Your hearts have become hard, like unplowed ground where thornbushes grow.

Luke 8:14

The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they are so eager for riches and pleasures that they never produce anything.

Luke 21:34

Don't spend all of your time thinking about eating or drinking or worrying about life. If you do, the final day will suddenly catch you

Luke 12:15

Then he said to the crowd, “Don't be greedy! Owning a lot of things won't make your life safe.”

Luke 8:7

Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked the plants.

Matthew 13:22

The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they start worrying about the needs of this life and are fooled by the desire to get rich. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.

Matthew 13:7

Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked the plants.

Matthew 13:8

But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants produced 100 or 60 or 30 times as much as was scattered.

Mark 4:6

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched and dried up, because they did not have deep roots.

Mark 4:8

But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants grew and produced 30 or 60 or even 100 times as much as was scattered.