Luke 8:7

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.

Luke 8:7 in Other Translations

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

7 Other seed fell among thorns that grew up with it and choked out the tender plants.

7 Other seed fell in the weeds; the weeds grew with it and strangled it.

7 And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

7 Others were planted among thornbushes. The thornbushes grew up with them and choked them.

7 Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns sprang up with it and choked it.

7 Other seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up with it and crowded out the plants.

Luke 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:7

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.

Luke 8:7 In-Context

5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.

6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.

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.”

9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant.