Mark 4:18
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
KJV
καὶ ἄλλοι εἰσὶν οἱ ἐπί τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι· οὗτοί εἰσίν οἱ τὸν λόγον ἀκούσαντες,
Greek NT
Et alii sunt qui in spinas seminantur : hi sunt qui verbum audiunt,
Vulgate
And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word,
ASV
And others there are who are sown among thorns: these are they that hear the word,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
σπείρω
speiro
verb · 53×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἄκανθα
akantha
noun · 14×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἄλλοι | WH/Treg/NIV: ἄλλοι | RP: οὗτοί
- ἄλλοι — SBLGNT
- ἄλλοι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- οὗτοί — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: οὗτοί εἰσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: οὗτοί εἰσιν
- οὗτοί εἰσιν — SBLGNT
- οὗτοί εἰσιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀκούσαντες | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀκούσαντες | RP: ἀκούοντες
- ἀκούσαντες — SBLGNT
- ἀκούσαντες — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀκούοντες — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2707There are as many and varied methods of meditation as there are spiritual masters. Christians owe it to themselves to develop the desire to meditate regularly, lest they come to resemble the three first kinds of soil in the parable of the sower.5 But a method is only a guide; the important thing is to advance, with the Holy Spirit, along the one way of prayer: Christ Jesus.
Cross-references
- Jer 4:3 — For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
- Jer 4:3 — For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
- Luke 8:14 — And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
- Mark 4:7 — And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- Matt 13:7 — And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
- Matt 13:22 — He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.