Matthew 13:7
And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
In Context
6And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth.
Matthew 13:22And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.
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 →