Matthew 13:7
and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
In Context
6but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having [any] root were dried up;
8and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Matthew 13:22And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches 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 →