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Mark 4:7 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Mark 4:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Mark chapter 4 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.”
Mark 4:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 4:7
Other seed 'fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.' The seed germinates successfully, begins growing, but gets overwhelmed by competing vegetation. 'Choked' (συνέπνιξαν, synepnixan) means suffocated, strangled—aggressive thorns crowding out grain. The result: 'no fruit' (οὐκ ἔδωκεν καρπόν)—complete failure despite initial promise. Jesus later explains thorns represent 'cares of this world, deceitfulness of riches, and lusts of other things' that choke the word, making it unfruitful (Mark 4:18-19). This describes professing believers whose faith is gr...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 4:7
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“Break up your fallow ground”
“these are those who have heard”
“Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.,And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;,וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּי־שָׁמַעְתָּ[c] לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃ ,And unto Adam He said: Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife”
“neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world”
“And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up”
“and the thorns grew with it”
“this is he who hears the word”
“Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”