Matthew 13:7
And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp, and choked them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
In Context
6And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde.
Matthew 13:22And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.
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 →