Marco 4:7

7 Ed un’altra cadde fra le spine, e le spine crebbero, e l’affogarono, e non fece frutto.

Marco 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:7

And some fell among thorns
The word was ministered to some who were eat up with the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and other lusts:

and the thorns grew up, and choked it;
the word did not take place so as to beat down, overcome, and root out these things, nor even to weaken, and keep under, and prevent the influence of them; but these got the ascendant of the word, and prevailed over it, and made it altogether useless and unsuccessful: for whilst it was administered, the minds of these persons were after their riches and worldly things, and gave no heed to the word; and last were prevailed upon, not to attend upon it, but drop the profession of it:

and it yielded no fruit;
it was not the means of grace; faith did not come by it, nor any other grace; nor did it produce good works in the life and conversation.

Marco 4:7 In-Context

5 Ed un’altra cadde in luoghi pietrosi, ove non avea molta terra; e subito nacque, perciocchè non avea terreno profondo;

6 ma quando il sole fu levato, fu riarsa; e, perciocchè non avea radice, si seccò.

7 Ed un’altra cadde fra le spine, e le spine crebbero, e l’affogarono, e non fece frutto.

8 Ed un’altra cadde in buona terra, e portò frutto, il quale montò, e crebbe; e portò l’uno trenta, l’altro sessanta e l’altro cento.

9 Poi egli disse: Chi ha orecchie da udire, oda.