Mark 4:7
And other seed fell among thorns. And the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruits.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 was up, it wilted; and because it had no root, it dried up.
Cross References
Matthew 13:22And that which was sowed among thorns, is he that heareth the word; and care for this world and the deceptiveness of riches, choke the word; and he is without fruits.
Luke 8:7And other fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up with it, and choked it.
Luke 12:15And he said to his disciples: Beware of all avarice, for life consisteth not in abundance of riches.
1 Timothy 6:9But they who desire to become rich, fall into temptations, and into snares, and into many lusts which are foolish and hurtful, and which drown men in 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 →