Matthew 13:7

Some, again, fell into the brambles; but the brambles shot up and choked it.

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In The King James Version

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

In Context

6As soon as the sun had risen, it was scorched, and, because their roots were not deep enough, withered away.

8Some, however, fell on good soil, and yielded a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18The ground will always bring forth thorns and thistles, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Matthew 13:22By the seed which was sown among the brambles is meant the person who hears the message, but the cares of life and the glamour of wealth completely choke the message, so that it gives no return.

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 →

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