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 rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quickly, since the soil wasn’t deep. 6When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce fruit. 8Still other seed fell on good ground and it grew up, producing fruit that increased thirty, sixty, and a hundred times.” 9Then he said, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

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 4:18Others are like seed sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word,
• Genesis 3:17And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life.
• Jeremiah 4:3For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up the unplowed ground; do not sow among the thorns.
• Matthew 13:7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it.
• Luke 8:7Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
• Luke 12:15He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
• Luke 21:34“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or the things 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