Mark 4:18

And there be others that be sown in thorns; these it be, that hear the word,

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

In Context

17and they have not root in themselves, but they be lasting (but) a little time [or but they be temporal]; afterward when tribulation riseth, and persecution for the word, anon (or at once) they be caused to stumble.

19and dis-ease of the world, and deceit of riches, and other charge of covetousness entereth (or and the burden of envy entereth), and strangleth the word, and it is made without fruit.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:22But he that is sown in thorns, is this that heareth the word, and the busyness (or the concerns) of this world, and the fallacy [or the falseness] of riches strangleth the word, and it is made without fruit.

Luke 8:14But that that fell among thorns, be these that heard, and (because) of (the) busynesses (or the concerns), and (the) riches, and (the) lusts of (this) life they go forth, and be strangled, and bring forth no fruit.

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 →

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