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The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4:7

In 9 translations

BSB
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
KJV
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
WEB
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
ASV
And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
LSV
and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it gave no fruit;
YLT
and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;
DBY
And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
DRC
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
GNV
And some fell among the thornes, and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, so that it gaue no fruite.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό, καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκεν.
RP2018
Καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι, καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό, καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκεν.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι, καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό, καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκε.
SCR1894
και αλλο επεσεν εις τας ακανθας και ανεβησαν αι ακανθαι και συνεπνιξαν αυτο και καρπον ουκ εδωκεν

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  • Jeremiah 4:3For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
  • 1 John 2:15–16Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is…
  • 1 Timothy 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By…
  • Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  • Genesis 3:17–18And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the…
  • Luke 8:14The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
  • Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
  • Matthew 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
  • Luke 8:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
  • Mark 4:18–19Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word, but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
  • Matthew 13:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

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