The ground will grow thorns and weeds for you. And you will have to eat the plants that grow wild in the fields. [19]
Luke 8:7 - Easy To Read Version Some seed fell among thorny weeds. This seed grew, but later the weeds stopped the good plants from growing. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And other [seed] fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it [off]. American Standard Version (1901) And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it. Common English Bible Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorns grew with the plants and choked them. Catholic Public Domain Version And some fell among thorns; and the thorns, rising up with it, suffocated it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And other some fell among thorns, and the thorns growing up with it, choked it. |
The ground will grow thorns and weeds for you. And you will have to eat the plants that grow wild in the fields. [19]
And what is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and love for money stop that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not make fruit {\cf2\super [184]} \{in that person’s life\}.
Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. The weeds grew and stopped the good plants from growing.
Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. The weeds grew and stopped the good plants from growing. So those plants did not make grain.
“Be careful! Don’t spend your time drinking and getting drunk. Or don’t be too busy with worldly things. If you do that, you will not be able to think right. And then the end might come when you are not ready.
What is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching, but they let the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life stop them from growing. So they never make good fruit. {\cf2\super [149]}
Some seed fell on rock. This seed began to grow, but then died because the seed had no water.
And some seed fell on good ground. This seed grew and made 100 times more grain.”