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Matthew 13:22 KJV
Matthew · chapter 13 · verse 22
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.Matthew 13:22 · King James Version
Matthew 13:22 in context
20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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Cross references
- 1 Timothy 6:17
- Luke 8:14
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10
- Mark 4:18-19
- Luke 12:15
- Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
- 2 Timothy 4:10
- 1 John 2:15-16
Key words (Strong's)
- deceitfulnessapatēdeceit, deceitfulnessG539 →
- hearethakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- thornsakanthathorn, bramble, bush, brier, a thorny plantG173 →
- richesploutosriches, wealth, abundance of external possessions, fulness, abundance, plenitude, a goodG4149 →
- amongeisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- worldaiōnfor ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity, the worlds, universe, period of…G165 →
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We have here Christ preaching, and may observe, 1. When Christ preached this sermon; it was the same day that he preached the sermon in the foregoing chapter: so unwearied was he in doing good, and working the works of him that sent him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23