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 the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. 6And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. 8Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.” 9And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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

• Otherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• amongεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the thornsἄκανθαakantha · a thornG173
• cameἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• up and chokedσυμπνίγωsumpnigō · to chokeG4846
• it, and it yieldedδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• noοὐou · noG3756
• cropκαρπόςkarpos · 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 He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.
• Jeremiah 4:3For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns.
• Matthew 13:7Others fell among the thorns, and the 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, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”
• Luke 21:34“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world nor 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