Mark 4:18
In the next part of my story, some seeds fell into prickle grass, and that grass blocked the seeds so that the plants could not grow properly. The prickles are a picture of the things that people think about all the time. They worry about money, and they always want something new. All sorts of things fill their minds and these things block God's words from helping them live the right way. They cannot grow strong for God.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
In Context
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →