Matthew 13:7
And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
In Context
6And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
8And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;
Matthew 13:22And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.
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 →