Bible Strands
Luke 8:7
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus narrates the parable of the sower to a gathered crowd, placing this description between the accounts of seed on rocky ground and seed on good soil.
The words — ἀκανθῶν (akanthōn) translates to thorns [G173], and ἐν μέσῳ (en mesō) locates the seed in the midst [G1722, G3319] of that competing vegetation.
The thread — The imagery connects to Jeremiah 4:3, which prohibits sowing among thorns, Luke 8:14, which identifies the choking mechanism as worldly pressures, and Genesis 3:18, which establishes thorns as part of the cursed ground.
Why it lands — The text states that thorns grew up alongside the seed and suffocated it, requiring the reader to acknowledge how competing growth physically prevents the intended yield.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 4:3 For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
- Luke 8:14 The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
- Genesis 3:18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
- Matthew 13:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
- Matthew 13:22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Mark 4:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
- Mark 4:18 Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
- Luke 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Hebrews 6:7 For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.