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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Other seed fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants so they produced no grain.

Context of Mark 4:7

5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.” 9Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them 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

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 4:18Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;
• Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
• Jeremiah 4:3This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.
• Matthew 13:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
• Luke 8:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.
• Luke 12:15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
• Luke 21:34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
• 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

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