Luke 8:7
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New International Version (©2011)
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Other seed fell among thorns that grew up with it and choked out the tender plants.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns sprang up with it and choked it.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew with them and choked them.

NET Bible (©2006)
Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And other seed fell among thorns and the thorns sprang up with it and they choked it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Others were planted among thornbushes. The thornbushes grew up with them and choked them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

American King James Version
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

American Standard Version
And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And other some fell among thorns, and the thorns growing up with it, choked it.

Darby Bible Translation
and other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it choked it;

English Revised Version
And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

Weymouth New Testament
Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.

World English Bible
Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

Young's Literal Translation
'And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to our spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained. The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Great encouragement is given to those who prove themselves faithful hearers of the word, by being doers of the work. Christ owns them as his relations.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 7. - And some fell among thorns. "Every one who has been in Palestine must have been struck with the number of thorny shrubs and plants that abound there. The traveller finds them in his path, go where he may. Many of them are small, but some grow as high as a man's head. The rabbinical writers say that there are no less than twenty-two words in the Hebrew Bible denoting thorny and prickly plants" (Professor Hacker).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And some fell among thorns,.... On ground which had within it the roots of thorns and briars; and design such hearers who have their hearts filled with worldly cares, and sensual lusts and pleasures:

and the thorns sprang up with it; and grew faster than that:

and choked it; as the above things do the word, and make it useless and unprofitable; so that though it took place for a while, and was professed, yet process of time was neglected and dropped; and, as Mark says, "it yielded no fruit"; at least that came to perfection.

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The Parable of the Sower
…6And some fell on a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit an hundred times. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. …

Matthew 13:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
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."