Luke 8:7

Some seeds fell among thorns and as they both grew the thorns choked the plants.

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In The King James Version

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

In Context

6Some fell on stony ground, and once the seeds had sprouted they withered for lack of moisture.

8Some seeds fell on good earth and after they grew they produced a harvest one hundred times more than what had been sown.” After he told them this, he called out, “If you have ears, then listen!”

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Cross References

Jeremiah 4:3This is what the Lord is saying to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: Plow your unplowed ground, and don't sow among the thorns.

Matthew 13:22The seeds sown among thorns are people who hear the message, but then life's worries and the temptation of money choke the message so that they become fruitless.

Mark 4:18Those sown among the thorns illustrate those who hear the word,

Luke 21:34Watch out that you don't become distracted by partying or getting drunk or by the worries of this life, so that this day catches you by surprise.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22

The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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