Matthew 13:7
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
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- Mark 4:18–19 Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word, but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Jeremiah 4:3–4 For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- Genesis 3:18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.