Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants.
Parallel translations
- WEB Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
- KJV And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
- BSB Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
- NKJV And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
- NASB Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.
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Quick answer
Other seed falls among thorns, which grow up and choke it.
Overview
The thorns picture competing concerns that strangle the word's growth. Jesus will identify them as worldly cares and the deceitfulness of riches. Divided affections render the word unfruitful.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Mark 4:18–19Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
- Jer 4:3–4For Yahweh says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.
- Gen 3:18It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
- Matt 13:22What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
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