有那撒在荊棘裏的，就是人聽了道， 後來有世上的思慮、錢財的迷惑，和別樣的私慾進來，把道擠住了，就不能結實

撒種之人所撒的就是道。 那撒在路旁的，就是人聽了道，撒但立刻來，把撒在他心裏的道奪了去。 那撒在石頭地上的，就是人聽了道，立刻歡喜領受， 但他心裏沒有根，不過是暫時的，及至為道遭了患難，或是受了逼迫，立刻就跌倒了。 還有那撒在荊棘裏的，就是人聽了道， 後來有世上的思慮、錢財的迷惑，和別樣的私慾進來，把道擠住了，就不能結實。 那撒在好地上的，就是人聽道，又領受，並且結實，有三十倍的，有六十倍的，有一百倍的。」(馬可福音4:14-20 和合本)

The sower sows the word.These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.And in a similar way these are the ones sown with seed on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;and yet they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately they fall away.And others are the ones sown with seed among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.And those are the ones sown with seed on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much. ”(Mark4:14-20 NASB)