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Mark 4:14-20 (NIV)

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¹⁴ The farmer sows the word. ¹⁵ Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. ¹⁶ Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. ¹⁷ But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. ¹⁸ Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; ¹⁹ but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. ²⁰ Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."


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