Mark 4:7
And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them, and it did not yield pri.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith Hashem 1 to Ish Yehudah and Yerushalayim: 1 Break up your unplowed ground, 1 and sow not among kotzim (thorns). 1
Matthew 13:22And the + 13:22 zera sown among the thorns is the one hearing the dvar (word), and the rogez HaOlam Hazeh + 13:22 Dt 28:65 (the anxiety of this age) and the mirmah (deceit) of riches, choke the Dvar Hashem and it becomes unfruitful. + 13:22 Isa 53:9
Luke 8:7And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
Luke 12:15And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Take care and be shomer against all chamdanut (covetousness), because the Chayyei HaAdam does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. + 12:15 Job 20:20; 31:24; Ps 62:10
1 Timothy 6:9But the ones desiring to be oishirim (rich men) fall into nisayon (temptation) and into a pakh (trap) and into many foolish and destructive ta'avot (lusts) which plunge men into cherem and Avaddon (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 →