Mark 4:18

New American Bible - revised edition

Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word,

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:3

For to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, thus says the Lord: Till your untilled ground, and do not sow among thorns.

Matthew 13:22

The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.

Mark 4:17

But they have no root; they last only for a time. Then when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Mark 4:19

but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.

Mark 4:7

Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain.

Luke 8:14

As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit.