For thus says the LORD to the men of Yehudah and to Yerushalayim, Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
Mark 4:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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. American Standard Version (1901) And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. Common English Bible Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorny plants grew and choked the seeds, and they produced nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version And some fell among thorns. And the thorns grew up and suffocated it, and it did not produce fruit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. |
For thus says the LORD to the men of Yehudah and to Yerushalayim, Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.*
He said to them, *Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.*
*So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.