Mark 4:17-19

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17} But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure^(A) or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.^(B) ^{Tools
18} Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, ^{Tools
19} but the worries^(C) of this age,^(D) the seduction^(a)^(E) of wealth,^(F) and the desires^(G) for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.^(H)

Footnotes:

a. Mark 4:19: Or pleasure, or deceitfulness

Cross references:

A. Mark 4:17: 2 Corinthians 1:4

B. Mark 4:17: John 16:1

C. Mark 4:19: 1 Peter 5:7

D. Mark 4:19: Luke 16:8; Ephesians 1:21

E. Mark 4:19: Matthew 13:22

F. Mark 4:19: Matthew 13:22; Luke 8:14

G. Mark 4:19: 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 2:10

H. Mark 4:19: Romans 1:13