Mark 4:7
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath 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 thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Read in context1 John 2:15–16
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Read in contextGenesis 3:17–18
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Read in contextLuke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Read in contextLuke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Read in contextLuke 8:14
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9–10
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Read in contextMatthew 13:22
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.
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