Matthew 13:7

The Passion Translation

Others fell among the thorns, so when they sprouted, the thorns choked them.

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

It will sprout weeds and thorns, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Matthew 13:22

“The one sown among thorns represents one who receives the message, but all of life’s busy distractions, his divided heart, and his ambition for wealth result in suffocating the kingdom message and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 13:6

but when the days grew hot, they were scorched and withered because they had insufficient roots.

Matthew 13:8

But other seeds fell on good, rich soil that kept producing a good harvest. Some yielded thirty, some sixty, and some even one hundred times as much as he planted!

Mark 4:7

Some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Luke 8:7

Other seeds fell where there was nothing but weeds. They too were unable to grow to full maturity, for the weeds choked them out.