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Verse	Translation	Text
Mr 4:7	Strong Concordance	And [2532] some [243] fell [4098] among [1519] thorns [173], and [2532] the thorns [173] grew up [305], and [2532] choked [4846] it [846], and [2532] it yielded [1325] no [3756] fruit [2590].
	King James	And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit--This case is that of ground not thoroughly cleaned of the thistles, &c.; which, rising above the good seed, "choke" or "smother" it, excluding light and air, and drawing away the moisture and richness of the soil. Hence it "becomes unfruitful" (Mat 13:22); it grows, but its growth is checked, and it never ripens. The evil here is neither a hard nor a shallow soil--there is softness enough, and depth enough; but it is the existence in it of what draws all the moisture and richness of the soil away to itself, and so starves the plant. What now are these "thorns?" See on Mar 4:19. Fourth Case: THE GOOD GROUND. (Mar 4:8, Mar 4:20).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit--This case is that of ground not thoroughly cleaned of the thistles, &c.; which, rising above the good seed, "choke" or "smother" it, excluding light and air, and drawing away the moisture and richness of the soil. Hence it "becomes unfruitful" (Mat 13:22); it grows, but its growth is checked, and it never ripens. The evil here is neither a hard nor a shallow soil--there is softness enough, and depth enough; but it is the existence in it of what draws all the moisture and richness of the soil away to itself, and so starves the plant. What now are these "thorns?" See on Mar 4:19.

Fourth Case: THE GOOD GROUND. (Mar 4:8, Mar 4:20).

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Choked (συνέπνιξαν) The preposition, συν = con (together), carries the idea of compression. It yielded no fruit Added by Mark.

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²⁰ And [2532] these [3778] are [1526] they which are sown [4687] on [1909] good [2570] ground [1093]; such as [3748] hear [191] the word [3056], and [2532] receive [3858] it, and [2532] bring forth fruit [2592], some [1520] thirtyfold [5144], some [2532] [1520] sixty [1835], and [2532] some [1520] an hundred [1540].

⁸ And [2532] other [243] fell [4098] on [1519] good [2570] ground [1093], and [2532] did yield [1325] fruit [2590] that sprang up [305] and [2532] increased [837]; and [2532] brought forth [5342], some [1520] thirty [5144], and [2532] some [1520] sixty [1835], and [2532] some [1520] an hundred [1540].

¹⁹ And [2532] the cares [3308] of this [5127] world [165], and [2532] the deceitfulness [539] of riches [4149], and [2532] the lusts [1939] of [4012] other things [3062] entering in [1531], choke [4846] the word [3056], and [2532] it becometh [1096] unfruitful [175].

²² He also [1161] that received seed [4687] among [1519] the thorns [173] is [2076] he that [3778] heareth [191] the word [3056]; and [2532] the care [3308] of this [5127] world [165], and [2532] the deceitfulness [539] of riches [4149], choke [4846] the word [3056], and [2532] he becometh [1096] unfruitful [175].