It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
Luke 8:7 - New International Version (Anglicised) Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: ‘Break up your unploughed ground and do not sow among thorns.
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.
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.
‘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.
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.
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.
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.’