Matthew 13:7 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 13:7

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:

KJV

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 15 (604)

For who would ever have believed me if I had wished to interpret thorns as riches, especially since the former prick while the latter delight? And yet they are thorns, because they tear the mind with the prickings of their thoughts, and when they drag it all the way to sin, they cause it to bleed as if by an inflicted wound. These, in this passage, as another evangelist attests, the Lord calls not simply riches, but deceitful riches, and rightly so.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The place where Christ's hearers now stood represented the characters of most of them, the sand on the sea-shore, which was to the seed like the highway ground. Observe First, What kind of hearers are compared to the highway ground; such as hear the word and understand it not; and it is their own fault that they do not.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἄλλα	alla	Other	G243 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἔπεσεν	epesen	fell	G4098 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
ἀκάνθας,	akanthas	thorns,	G173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνέβησαν	anebēsan	grew up	G305 →
αἱ	hai	the	G3588 →
ἄκανθαι	akanthai	thorns	G173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔπνιξαν	epnixan	choked	G4155 →
αὐτά.	auta	them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:17
  Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us…
- 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…
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10
  Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Mark 4:18–19
  Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
- Luke 12:15
  And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Through
Genesis 3:18
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
leads to
- Isaiah 7:23
  And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
- Job 5:5
  The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- Psalms 104:14–15
  He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew