Mark 4:7
And other fell in a place of thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it gave no fruits.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 arose, it became hot; and inasmuch as it had no root, it dried up.
Cross References
Matthew 13:22That sown the place of thorns, is he who heareth the word, but the anxious thought of this world and the illusions of riches stifle the word in him, and he is without fruits.
Luke 8:7And other fell among thorns, and they sprang up with it, and choked it.
Luke 12:15And he said to his disciples, Beware of all avarice: for life is not in the abundance of riches.
1 Timothy 6:9But they who will be rich fall into temptations and snares, and many lusts which befool and injure, and which plunge men into destruction and perdition.
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 →