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Updated Bible Version

Mark 4:7

And other [seed] fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Backsliders;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Perseverance;   Sermon;   Sower;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocalyptic;   Christ, Christology;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Crown of Thorns;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Sower;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Fruit (2);   Husbandman ;   Nature and Natural Phenomena;   Parable;   Physical ;   Premeditation;   Thorns;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mark, the Gospel According to;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce fruit.
King James Version (1611)
And some fell among thornes, and the thornes grew vp, and choked it, and it yeelded no fruite.
King James Version
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
English Standard Version
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
New American Standard Bible
"Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
New Century Version
Some other seed fell among thorny weeds, which grew and choked the good plants. So those plants did not produce a crop.
Amplified Bible
"Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
Legacy Standard Bible
And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
Berean Standard Bible
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
Contemporary English Version
Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked out the plants. So they did not produce any grain.
Complete Jewish Bible
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked it; so that it yielded no grain.
Darby Translation
And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Easy-to-Read Version
Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. The weeds grew and stopped the good plants from growing. So they did not make grain.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And some fell among the thornes, and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, so that it gaue no fruite.
George Lamsa Translation
And other fell among thistles, and the thistles sprung up and choked it, and it bore no fruit.
Good News Translation
Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants, and they didn't bear grain.
Lexham English Bible
And other seed fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
Literal Translation
And another fell into the thorn-bushes, and the thorn-bushes grew up and choked it; and it did not yield fruit.
American Standard Version
And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Bible in Basic English
And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.
Hebrew Names Version
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
International Standard Version
Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes came up and choked them, and they did not produce anything.
Etheridge Translation
And other fell in a place of thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it gave no fruits.
Murdock Translation
And other [fn] fell among thorns. And the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruits.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And some fell among thornes: and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, and it gaue no fruite.
English Revised Version
And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
World English Bible
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Weymouth's New Testament
Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And othere felde doun in to thornes, and thornes sprongen vp, and strangliden it, and it yaf not fruyt.
Webster's Bible Translation
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
New English Translation
Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
New King James Version
And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
New Living Translation
Other seed fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants so they produced no grain.
New Life Bible
Some seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew and did not give the seed room to grow. This seed gave no grain.
New Revised Standard
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, some, fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and, fruit, it yielded not;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Revised Standard Version
Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And some fell amonge the thornes and the thornes grewe vp and choked it so that it gave no frute.
Young's Literal Translation
and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And some fel amonge the thornes, & the thornes grew vp, and choked it, and it gaue no frute.
Mace New Testament (1729)
some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choaked it, so that it yielded no fruit.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Other seeds fell among the cactus and thistles. They sprouted, but were choked out by the thorns.

Contextual Overview

1 And again he began to teach by the seaside. And there is gathered to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching, 3 Listen: Look, the sower went forth to sow: 4 and it came to pass, as he sowed, some [seed] fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 And other [seed] fell on the rocky [ground], where it did not have much earth; and right away it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth: 6 and when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And other [seed] fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. 9 And he said, Who has ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when he was alone, those that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 4:18, Mark 4:19, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:18, Jeremiah 4:3, Matthew 13:7, Matthew 13:22, Luke 8:7, Luke 8:14, Luke 12:15, Luke 21:34, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:16

Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pain and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth sons; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.
Genesis 4:6
And Yahweh said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:8
And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Genesis 4:9
And Yahweh said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I don't know: am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11
And now cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;
Genesis 4:12
from now on when you till the ground, it shall not yield its strength to you; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.
Genesis 4:13
And Cain said to Yahweh, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 19:21
And he said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
Numbers 32:23
But if you will not do so, look, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And some fell among thorns,.... The word was ministered to some who were eat up with the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and other lusts:

and the thorns grew up, and choked it; the word did not take place so as to beat down, overcome, and root out these things, nor even to weaken, and keep under, and prevent the influence of them; but these got the ascendant of the word, and prevailed over it, and made it altogether useless and unsuccessful: for whilst it was administered, the minds of these persons were after their riches and worldly things, and gave no heed to the word; and last were prevailed upon, not to attend upon it, but drop the profession of it:

and it yielded no fruit; it was not the means of grace; faith did not come by it, nor any other grace; nor did it produce good works in the life and conversation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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