Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 8:7

"And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it." — Luke 8:7 (ASV)

The thorns sprang up with it.—Here again there is a distinctive feature. What made the thorns so fatal to the good seed was that they “grew with its growth, and strengthened with its strength,” and finally overpowered it.