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Mark 4:14-20 (CEV)

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¹⁴ What the farmer is spreading is really the message about the kingdom. ¹⁵ The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But Satan soon comes and snatches it away from them. ¹⁶ The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it right away. ¹⁷ But they don't have any roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up. ¹⁸ The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. ¹⁹ But they start worrying about the needs of this life. They are fooled by the desire to get rich and to have all kinds of other things. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything. ²⁰ The seeds that fell on good ground are the people who hear and welcome the message. They produce thirty or sixty or even a hundred times as much as was planted.


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
So (Soh):