Matthew 13:7
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.
8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
9 He who has ears, let him hear.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
- KJV
- And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
- WEB
- Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
- ASV
- And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:
- DARBY
- and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;
- BLB
- And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.
- ÅB
- Og noe av såkornet falt blant torner, og tornene skjøt opp og kvalte det.
- OTB
- Andre frø falt blant torner, som vokste opp og kvalte dem.
- B1930
- Og noget falt blandt torner, og tornene skjøt op og kvalte det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 4:18–19
Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
Read in contextJeremiah 4:3–4
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 contextGenesis 3:18
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
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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