Jeremiah 4:3

Easy To Read Version

This is what the Lord says to the man of Judah and to Jerusalem:

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

The ground will grow thorns and weeds for you. And you will have to eat the plants that grow wild in the fields. [19]

Exodus 23:11

But the seventh year, don’t use your land. {The seventh year must be a special time of rest for the land.} Don’t plant anything in your fields. If any crops grow there, then allow the poor people to have it. And allow the wild animals to eat the food that is left. You should do the same with your vineyards and with your fields of olive trees.

Hosea 10:12

If you plant goodness, you will harvest true love. Plow your ground, and you will harvest with the Lord. He will come, and he will make goodness fall on you like rain!

Matthew 13:22

And what is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and love for money stop that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not make fruit {\cf2\super [184]} \{in that person’s life\}.

Matthew 13:7

Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. The weeds grew and stopped the good plants from growing.

Mark 4:7

Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. The weeds grew and stopped the good plants from growing. So those plants did not make grain.

Luke 8:14

What is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching, but they let the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life stop them from growing. So they never make good fruit. {\cf2\super [149]}

Luke 8:7

Some seed fell among thorny weeds. This seed grew, but later the weeds stopped the good plants from growing.