Mark 4:7

The Passion Translation

Some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:3

Yahweh says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: “As a plow breaks open untilled ground, break open your hard hearts. Do not sow good seed among thorns.

Matthew 13:22

“The one sown among thorns represents one who receives the message, but all of life’s busy distractions, his divided heart, and his ambition for wealth result in suffocating the kingdom message and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 13:7

Others fell among the thorns, so when they sprouted, the thorns choked them.

Matthew 13:8

But other seeds fell on good, rich soil that kept producing a good harvest. Some yielded thirty, some sixty, and some even one hundred times as much as he planted!

Mark 4:6

But when the days grew hot, the sprouts were scorched and withered because they had insufficient roots.

Mark 4:8

But some fell onto good, rich soil that kept producing a good harvest. Some yielded thirty, some sixty—and some a hundredfold!

Luke 12:15

Speaking to the people, Jesus continued, “Be alert and guard your heart from greed and from always wishing for what you don’t have. For your life can never be measured by the amount of things you possess.”

Luke 21:34

“Be careful that you never allow your hearts to grow cold. Be careful that you are not caught off guard, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, and that day will come upon you suddenly like a trap. Don’t let me come and find you drunk or living carelessly like everyone else.

Luke 8:14

The seeds that fall into the weeds represents the hearts of those who hear the word of God but their growth is quickly choked off by their own anxious cares, the riches of this world, and the fleeting pleasures of this life. This is why they never become mature and fruitful.

Luke 8:7

Other seeds fell where there was nothing but weeds. They too were unable to grow to full maturity, for the weeds choked them out.