Mark 4:7

THE MESSAGE

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.

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

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

¹He went back to teaching by the sea. A crowd built up to such a great size that he had to get into an offshore boat, using the boat as a pulpit as the people pushed to the water's edge. He taught by using stories, many stories. ³"Listen. What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled among the weeds and nothing came of it. Some fell on good earth and came up with a flourish, producing a harvest exceeding his wildest dreams. ⁹ "Are you listening to this? Really listening?" ¹⁰When they were off by themselves, those who were close to him, along with the Twelve, asked about the stories. He told them, "You've been given insight into God's kingdom—you know how it works. But to those who can't see it yet, everything comes in stories, creating readiness, nudging them toward receptive insight. These are people— Whose eyes are open but don't see a thing, Whose ears are open but don't understand a word, Who avoid making an about-face and getting forgiven." ¹³ He continued, "Do you see how this story works? All my stories work this way. ¹⁴"The farmer plants the Word. Some people are like the seed that falls on the hardened soil of the road. No sooner do they hear the Word than Satan snatches away what has been planted in them. ¹⁶"And some are like the seed that lands in the gravel. When they first hear the Word, they respond with great enthusiasm. But there is such shallow soil of character that when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it. ¹⁸"The seed cast in the weeds represents the ones who hear the kingdom news but are overwhelmed with worries about all the things they have to do and all the things they want to get. The stress strangles what they heard, and nothing comes of it. ²⁰ "But the seed planted in the good earth represents those who hear the Word, embrace it, and produce a harvest beyond their wildest dreams."

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
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."

Genesis 4:6
God spoke to Cain: "Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won't you be accepted? And if you don't do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it's out to get you, you've got to master it."

Genesis 4:8
Cain had words with his brother. They were out in the field; Cain came at Abel his brother and killed him.

Genesis 4:9
God said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "How should I know? Am I his babysitter?"

Genesis 4:10
God said, "What have you done! The voice of your brother's blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you'll get nothing but curses from this ground; you'll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You'll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You'll be a homeless wanderer on Earth."

Genesis 4:13
Cain said to God , "My punishment is too much. I can't take it! You've thrown me off the land and I can never again face you. I'm a homeless wanderer on Earth and whoever finds me will kill me."

Genesis 19:21
"All right, Lot. If you insist. I'll let you have your way. And I won't stamp out the town you've spotted. But hurry up. Run for it! I can't do anything until you get there." That's why the town was called Zoar, that is, Smalltown.

Numbers 32:23
"But if you don't do what you say, you will be sinning against God ; you can be sure that your sin will track you down. So, go ahead. Build towns for your families and corrals for your livestock. Do what you said you'd do."

2 Kings 8:28
He joined Joram son of Ahab king of Israel in a war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The archers wounded Joram. Joram pulled back to Jezreel to convalesce from the injuries he had received in the fight with Hazael. Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah paid a visit to Joram son of Ahab on his sickbed in Jezreel.

Proverbs 18:5
It's not right to go easy on the guilty, or come down hard on the innocent.

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.