Matthew 13:7
and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
In Context
6and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,
Cross References
Genesis 3:18and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;
Matthew 13:22'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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 →