Mark 4:7

Mark 4:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
• New International Version (NIV)Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

Context of Mark 4:7

5Other seed fell on rocks where there was not much soil; and immediately a plant sprang up because the soil had no depth. 6And when the sun came up, the plant was scorched; and because it had no root, it dried up and withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8And other seed fell into good soil, and as the plants grew and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundred times [as much as had been sown].” 9And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

Mark 4:7 word by word

καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό, καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• someἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• amongεἰςeis · towardG1519
• thornsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• thornsἄκανθαakantha · a thornG173
• grew upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• chokedσυμπνίγωsumpnigō · to chokeG4846
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• it yieldedδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• noοὐou · noG3756
• fruitκαρπόςkarpos · fruitG2590

Cross-references for Mark 4:7

• Mark 4:18And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,
• Genesis 3:17Then to Adam the Lord God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’; The ground is [now] under a curse because of you; In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it All the days of your life.
• 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.
• Luke 8:7Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.
• Luke 12:15Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves against every form of greed; for not even when one has an overflowing abundance does his life consist of nor is it derived from his possessions.”
• 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;
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Commentaries on Mark 4:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9. See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-9The collection begins with the longest parable and its interpretation (4:13–20). The different types of soil represent different ways people respond to God’s message.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit--This case is that of ground not thoroughly cleaned of the thistles, &c.; which, rising above the good seed, "choke" or "smother" it, excluding light and air, and drawing away the moisture and richness of the soil. Hence it "becomes unfruitful" (Mt 13:22); it grows, but its growth is checked, and it never ripens. The evil here is neither a hard nor a shallow…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 4

• 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