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Mark 4:14-20 (AMP)

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¹⁴ The sower sows the Word. ¹⁵ The ones along the path are those who have the Word sown , but when they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the message which is sown in them. ¹⁶ And in the same way the ones sown upon stony ground are those who, when they hear the Word, at once receive and accept and welcome it with joy; ¹⁷ And they have no real root in themselves, and so they endure for a little while; then when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Word, they immediately are offended (become displeased, indignant, resentful) and they stumble and fall away. ¹⁸ And the ones sown among the thorns are others who hear the Word; ¹⁹ Then the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless. ²⁰ And those sown on the good (well-adapted) soil are the ones who hear the Word and receive and accept and welcome it and bear fruit--some thirty times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some a hundred times as much.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 18) Money / Greed / Debt / Wealth / Stealing / Covet - Deceitfulness of wealth comes and choke out the word
(v. 18) Faith / Doubt / Worry - Worries comes and choke out the word
(v. 19) Faith / Doubt / Worry - Worries comes and choke out the word
(v. 19) Money / Greed / Debt / Wealth / Stealing / Covet - Deceitfulness of wealth comes and choke out the word

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 14) A Life of Impact - Discernment and Productivity (2009-06-28)
(v. 14) Guarding Your Heart (part I) (2011-12-02)
(v. 15) Guarding Your Heart (part I) (2011-12-02)
(v. 15) A Life of Impact - Discernment and Productivity (2009-06-28)
(v. 16) A Life of Impact - Discernment and Productivity (2009-06-28)
(v. 16) Guarding Your Heart (part I) (2011-12-02)
(v. 17) A Life of Impact - Discernment and Productivity (2009-06-28)
(v. 17) Guarding Your Heart (part I) (2011-12-02)
(v. 18) Guarding Your Heart (part I) (2011-12-02)
(v. 18) Hunger for Christ (2010-11-07)
(v. 18) A Life of Impact - Discernment and Productivity (2009-06-28)
(v. 19) Guarding Your Heart (part I) (2011-12-02)
(v. 19) Hunger for Christ (2010-11-07)
(v. 19) Raising Awesome Kids - First Things First (part 2) (2008-11-17)
(v. 19) A Life of Impact - Discernment and Productivity (2009-06-28)
(v. 20) A Life of Impact - Discernment and Productivity (2009-06-28)
(v. 20) Guarding Your Heart (part I) (2011-12-02)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 18) Devotional: Futility of a Life Without God (2008-12-18)
(v. 19) Devotional: Futility of a Life Without God (2008-12-18)

Definition(s):
Satan (Seh-tan): contrary; adversary; enemy; accuser