Luke 8:7

New International Version

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Jeremiah 4:3

This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Matthew 13:22

The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

Mark 4:7

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

Luke 21:34

“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

Luke 8:14

The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.

Luke 8:6

Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.

Luke 8:8

Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”