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

And others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked them.

And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they who hear the word,

And those seeds which fell among the thorns, these are they who, when they have heard, go away and are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly do they that have riches enter the kingdom of God!

For Demas forsook me, because he loved the present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

The care

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

And lo! one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have everlasting life?

And Jesus, looking round, saith to his disciples, How hardly shall they who have riches enter the kingdom t of God!

And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.

And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

But Simon, seeing that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles hands, offered them money,

But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

having eyes full of an adulteress, and that cannot cease from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, children of a curse,

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and rushed on in the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.

The deceitfulness

but the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly do they that have riches enter the kingdom of God!

Charge those who are rich in this world that they be not highminded, nor place their hope in uncertain riches, but in God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good,

Choke

And those seeds which fell among the thorns, these are they who, when they have heard, go away and are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

For Demas forsook me, because he loved the present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

These are the rocks in your feasts of love, feasting together without fear, feeding only themselves; clouds without water, carried away by winds; trees in late autumn, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

General references

and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell; and great was its fall.

And others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked them.

And five of them were foolish, and five wise.

And others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked them, and they yielded no fruit.