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 spread his seed. As he sowed, some fell beside the road and was trampled; and the birds of the air ate it up. 6And other seed fell on rock; when it came up, that seed withered away because it had no moisture. Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8And other seed fell into the good soil; and when it came up, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” While saying these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” 9Now His disciples were 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 8:14Now that which fell into the thorns are those who were hearing; but as they go along the way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bear mature fruit.
• Luke 21:34“But watch out so your hearts are not weighed down by carousing, strong drink, and the worries of life. Do not let that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
• Genesis 3:18Thorns and thistles will sprout for you. You will eat the plants of the field,
• Jeremiah 4:3Thus says Adonai to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.
• Matthew 13:7Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew and choked them out.
• Mark 4:7“Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
• Hebrews 6:7For the earth—having soaked up the rain frequently falling on it—brings forth vegetation useful to those for whom it is farmed; and it shares in God’s blessing.

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
• Strive
• 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