Mark 4:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Mark 4:7

5 Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.

6 But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.

7 And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no¹ crop.

8 But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

9 And He said¹ to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

The Purpose of Parables

10 ^aBut when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

11 And He said to them, “To you it has been given to ^aknow the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to ^bthose who are outside, all things come in parables,

Verse Comparison: Mark 4:7

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American Standard Version
And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Amplified® Bible
Other seed [of the same kind] fell among thorn plants, and the thistles grew {and} pressed together {and} utterly choked {and} suffocated it, and it yielded no grain.

Contemporary English Version
Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked out the plants. So they did not produce any grain.

Darby English Version
And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Good News Bible
Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants, and they didn't bear grain.

International Standard Version
Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes came up and choked them, and they did not produce anything.

King James Version
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

New American Standard Bible
"Other {seed} fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

New International Version
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.

New King James Version
And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

Young's Literal Translation
and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

New English Translation
Other seed fell among the thorns,¹ and they grew up and choked it,² and it did not produce grain.

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