Mark 4:7

Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no fruit.

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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

6But when the sun rose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

8But other seed fell into good soil, and as the seeds grew and increased, they produced fruit and bore thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times more than what was sown.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Luke 8:7Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

Luke 12:15Then he said to them, “Watch out and be on your guard against covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

1 Timothy 6:9But those who wish to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many senseless and harmful desires that sink people 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 →

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