English Standard Version
Mark 4:18
18And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word,
Mark 4:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
- New International Version (NIV)Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word,
- New Living Translation (NLT)The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word,
Context of Mark 4:18
16And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
Read all of Mark 4Mark 4:18 word by word
καὶ ἄλλοι εἰσὶν οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι· οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν λόγον ἀκούσαντες,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- are theyεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- which are sownὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- which are sownσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
- amongεἰςeis · towardG1519
- thornsἄκανθαakantha · a thornG173
- such as hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
Cross-references for Mark 4:18
- Mark 4:7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
- Jeremiah 4:3For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
- Matthew 13:22As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
- Luke 8:14And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
Commentaries on Mark 4:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 See the notes at Matthew 13:18-23.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-20The explanation of the parable of the four soils uses an allegory (a story where each part has a deeper meaning). The farmer represents someone who shares God’s word (4:14). The four types of soil represent different ways people respond to that message. The main point of the parable is that people should be like good soil and listen to God’s word (4:9). Only those who produce a crop (show a changed life) and continue faithfully to the end will be saved…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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