Catholic Public Domain Version
"And there are others who are sown among thorns. These are those who hear the word, "
— Mark 4:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,”
“And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word, ”
“Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,”
“Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,”
“And others there are who are sown among thorns: these are they that hear the word,”
“And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,”
“And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,”
Now there are those who are along the way, where the word is sown. And when they have heard it, Satan quickly comes and takes away the word, which was sown in their hearts.
And similarly, there are those who were sown upon stony ground. These, when they have heard the word, immediately accept it with gladness.
But they have no root in themselves, and so they are for a limited time. And when next tribulation and persecution arises because of the word, they quickly fall away.
And there are others who are sown among thorns. These are those who hear the word,
but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.
And there are those who are sown upon good soil, who hear the word and accept it; and these bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.”
And he said to them: “Would someone enter with a lamp in order to place it under a basket or under a bed? Would it not be placed upon a lampstand?