Amidst the thorns (εν μεσω των ακανθων). Mr 4:7 has εις (among) and Mt 13:7 has επ "upon."

Grew with it (σ…

The thorns sprang up with it.—Here again there is a distinctive feature. What made the thorns so fatal to the good seed w…

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up and bare fruit an hun…

Theophylact of Ohrid: That which David had foretold in the person of Christ, I will open my mouth in parables, the…

This particular parable reflects a situation well known to the audience, and its details would have immediately been grasped by the hearers. The ve…

And some fell among thorns
On ground which had within it the roots of thorns and briars; and designates such hearers…

There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy ar…