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Mark 4:18

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then there are the people who are like seeds planted in a patch full of thorns — they hear God's message and it starts to take root,

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Some people hear God's truth but their hearts are too crowded with other things for it to really grow.

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And then there are the people who are like good soil — they hear God's message, actually receive it into their hearts, and let it grow into something amazing. Some of them produce thirty times what was planted, some sixty times, and some a hundred times more.

Colossians 1:23

But here's the thing — you've got to stay planted in your faith. I'm talking really rooted and solid, not letting anything shake you away from the hope you found in the good news you heard. This same message has been shared with everyone everywhere, and I'm out here as one of the people God chose to spread it.

This is why he sent us this message here in Babylon: 'This time of captivity will be long, so build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.'

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