Matthew 13:7
And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
In Context
6But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.
Matthew 13:22And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24
The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →