Mark 4:7
5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
9 Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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Compare
- BSB
- Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
- KJV
- And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- WEB
- Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- ASV
- And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- DARBY
- And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- BLB
- And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.
- ÅB
- Og noe falt blant torner; og tornene skjøt opp og kvalte det, og det bar ikke frukt.
- OTB
- Annet korn falt blant torner, og tornene vokste opp og kvalte det, så det ikke ga avling.
- B1930
- Og noget falt blandt torner; og tornene skjøt op og kvalte det, og det bar ikke frukt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
Read in context1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Read in contextGenesis 3:17–18
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Read in contextLuke 12:15
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Read in contextLuke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in contextLuke 8:14
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9–10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Read in contextMatthew 13:22
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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