Mark 4:7
Other seed fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked it, and it did not produce a crop.
Unlocked Literal 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
6But when the sun rose, the plants were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:3For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 1 'Plow your own ground, 1 and do not sow among thorns.
Matthew 13:22What was sown among the thorn plants, this is the person who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Luke 8:7Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up together with the seed and choked it.
Luke 12:15He said to them, “Watch that you keep yourselves from all greedy desires, because a person's life does not consist of the abundance of his possessions.”
1 Timothy 6:9Now those who want to become wealthy fall into temptation, into a trap. They fall into many foolish and harmful passions, and into whatever else makes people sink 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 →