Mark 4:18

4:18 Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

Mark 12:40

12:40 They ¹  devour widows’ property, ²  and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”

Mark 4:16

4:16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

Mark 14:60

14:60 Then ³  the high priest stood up before them ⁴  and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”

Mark 4:15

4:15 These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan ⁵  comes and snatches the word ⁶  that was sown in them.

¹ tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun in v. 38.

² tn Grk “houses,” “households”; however, the term can have the force of “property” or “possessions” as well (O. Michel, TDNT 5:131; BDAG 695 s.v. οἶκια 1.a).

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn Grk “in the middle.”

¹ sn Interestingly, the synoptic parallels each use a different word for Satan here: Matt 13:19 has “the evil one,” while Luke 8:12 has “the devil.” This illustrates the fluidity of the gospel tradition in often using synonyms at the same point of the parallel tradition.

² sn The word of Jesus has the potential to save if it germinates in a person’s heart, something the devil is very much against.