Mark 4:7
and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it gave no fruit;
Literal Standard Version
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 the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of having no root it withered;
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:3For thus said YHWH, || To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: “Till for yourselves tillage, || And do not sow to the thorns.
Matthew 13:22And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, chokes the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Luke 8:7And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, choked it.
Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because his life is not in the abundance of one’s goods.”
1 Timothy 6:9and those intending to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin 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 →