Matthew 13:22

And, he among the thorns sown, the same, is he that, heareth the word,—and, the anxiety of the age and the deceit of riches, choke up the word, and, unfruitful, it becometh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

In Context

21yet hath he no root in himself, but is, only for a season,—and, there arising, tribulation or persecution because of the word, straightway, he findeth cause of stumbling.

23But, he on the good ground sown, the same, is he who doth hear and understand the word, who, indeed, beareth fruit and produceth,—this, a hundred, and, that, sixty, and, the other, thirty.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:20And Achan answered Joshua and said,—Of a truth, I, have sinned against Yahweh God of Israel, and, thus and thus, have I done:

Psalms 52:7Lo! the man who made not God his refuge,—But trusted in the abundance of his riches, Emboldened himself in his wealth!

Proverbs 11:28He that trusteth in his riches, the same, shall fall, but, like the leaf, shall the righteous break forth.

Ecclesiastes 4:8Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches,—neither [saith he] For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!

Ecclesiastes 5:13Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;

Matthew 6:24No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other,love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.

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 →

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