Mark 4:7

Weymouth NT

Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.

Cross References

Matthew 13:22

He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.

Matthew 13:8

But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.

Mark 4:6

but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.

Mark 4:8

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold.«

Luke 12:15

And to the people He said, »Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions.«

Luke 21:34

»But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;

Luke 8:14

That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.

Luke 8:7

Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.