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Mark 4:18 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Mark 4:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Mark chapter 4 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,”
Mark 4:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 4:18
Jesus explains thorny-ground hearers: 'And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word.' These hearers don't immediately reject (like path) or quickly fall away (like rocks) but experience gradual suffocation of spiritual vitality. The seed germinates and grows but gets choked by competing vegetation. This represents professing believers whose faith is progressively strangled by worldly cares and competing affections. Unlike rocky ground (dramatic apostasy), thorny ground depicts slow spiritual decline, gradual prioritization of world over Christ, imperceptible drift from...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 4:18
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“these are those who have heard”
“Break up your fallow ground”
“this is he who hears the word”
“and the thorns grew up”