The Parable of the Sower
Matthew 13:7
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
- KJV
- And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
- WEB
- Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
- ASV
- And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:
- LSV
- and others fell on the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them,
- YLT
- and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,
- DBY
- and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;
- DRC
- And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.
- GNV
- And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp, and choked them.
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) read ἔπνιξαν (“choked”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀπέπνιξαν (“choked from”).
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- SBLGNT: ἔπνιξαν. Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔπνιξαν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ἀπέπνιξαν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἄλλα δὲ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι καὶ ἔπνιξαν αὐτά.
- RP2018
- Ἄλλα δὲ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι καὶ ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτά.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἄλλα δὲ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι καὶ ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτά.
- SCR1894
- αλλα δε επεσεν επι τας ακανθας και ανεβησαν αι ακανθαι και απεπνιξαν αυτα
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- 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.
- Jeremiah 4:3–4For 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. Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of…
- Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
- 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.
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