Matthew 13:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Seed

2 Timothy 4:10

The care

The deceitfulness

Mark 4:19

Luke 18:24

1 Timothy 6:17

Choke

Luke 8:14

2 Timothy 4:10

Jude 1:12

General references

Bible References

Seed

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word,

And the ones that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

The care

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Now behold, one came up and said to him, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?"

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"

And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

Then he said to him, "A certain man gave a great banquet and invited many.

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly like a trap.

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

They have eyes full of adultery, that never cease from sin; they entice unstable souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for the sake of gain they have rushed headlong into the Balaam's error, and perished in Korah's rebellion.

The deceitfulness

but the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with everything to enjoy.

Choke

And the ones that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

These are the men who are blemishes in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;

General references

and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell. And great was its fall."

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.