And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: (Matthew 13:7 KJV)
And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them: (Matthew 13:7 ASV)
and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them; (Matthew 13:7 DBY)
Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them: (Matthew 13:7 WEB)
and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them, (Matthew 13:7 YLT)
Interlinear
And /de/ some /allos/ fell /pipto/ among /epi/ thorns; /akantha/ and /kai/ the thorns /akantha/ sprung up, /anabaino/ and /kai/ choked /apopnigo/ them: /autos/ (Matthew 13:7 KJV)
Albert Barnes’ Commentary
Verse 7. Among thorns. That is, in a part of the field where the thorns and shrubs had been imperfectly cleared away, and not destroyed. They grew with the grain, crowded it, shaded it, exhausted the earth, and thus choked it.
Spurgeon’s Commentary on Matthew
The ground was originally a thornbrake, and had been cleared by the thorns being cut down; but speedily the old roots sent out new shoots, and other weeds came up with them; and the tangled beds of thistles, thorns, nettles, and what not, strangled the feeble up-shootings of the wheat. The native plants choked the poor stranger. They would not permit the intrusive corn to share the field with them: evil claims a monopoly of our nature. Thus we have seen three sots of seed come to an untimely end.