Mark 4:7
And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
In Context
6And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:3For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.
Matthew 13:22And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.
Luke 8:7And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.
Luke 12:15And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
1 Timothy 6:9But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →