Luke 8:7

Luke 8:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
• New International Version (NIV)Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it.

Context of Luke 8:7

5“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate it up. 6And some seed fell on [shallow soil covering] the rocks, and as soon as it sprouted, it withered away, because it had no moisture. Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. 8And some fell into good soil, and grew up and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.” 9Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.

Luke 8:7 word by word

καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• someἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• amongμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• thornsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• thornsἄκανθαakantha · a thornG173
• sprang up with itσυμφύωsumphuō · to grow withG4855
• and chokedἀποπνίγωapopnigō · to chokeG638
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 8:7

• Luke 8:14The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, but as they go on their way they are suffocated with the anxieties and riches and pleasures of this life, and they bring no fruit to maturity.
• Luke 21:34“But be on guard, so that your hearts are not weighed down and depressed with the giddiness of debauchery and the nausea of self-indulgence and the worldly worries of life, and then that day [when the Messiah returns] will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
• Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you shall eat the plants of the field.
• Jeremiah 4:3For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Plow your uncultivated ground [for a season], And do not sow among thorns.
• Matthew 13:7Other seed fell among thorns, and thorns came up and choked them out.
• Mark 4:7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
• Hebrews 6:7For soil that drinks the rain which often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;

Commentaries on Luke 8:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-15Verses 4-15 See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-21Verses 4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7fell among thorns: One type of weed looked very much like wheat as it grew, but it had larger roots and took away the moisture and nutrients that the wheat needed.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:7

• Agriculture
• Character
• Converts
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Sower
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
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• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• sow, sower, plant, planted, replanted, transplanted

Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings