Mark 4:18

New Century Version

Others are like the seed planted among the thorny weeds. They hear the teaching,

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:3

This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Plow your unplowed fields, and don’t plant seeds among thorns.

Matthew 13:22

And what is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That seed is like the person who hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and the temptation of wealth stop that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not produce fruit in that person’s life.

Mark 4:17

But since they don’t allow the teaching to go deep into their lives, they keep it only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the teaching they accepted, they quickly give up.

Mark 4:19

but the worries of this life, the temptation of wealth, and many other evil desires keep the teaching from growing and producing fruit in their lives.

Mark 4:7

Some other seed fell among thorny weeds, which grew and choked the good plants. So those plants did not produce a crop.

Luke 8:14

The seed that fell among the thorny weeds is like those who hear God’s teaching, but they let the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life keep them from growing and producing good fruit.