Mark 4:7

New International Version

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:3

This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Matthew 13:22

The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

Matthew 13:8

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

Mark 4:6

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

Mark 4:8

Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”

Luke 12:15

Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

Luke 21:34

“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

Luke 8:14

The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.

Luke 8:7

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.