⁷ And some fell among ^(A)thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

³ For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

¹⁴ And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but ^(A)as they go on their way they are choked by the ^(B)cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

⁷ For ^(A)land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. ⁸ But ^(B)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, ^(C)and its end is to be burned.

Watch Yourselves

³⁴ “But watch yourselves ^(A)lest ^(B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and ^(C)cares of this life, and ^(D)that day come upon you suddenly ^(E)like a trap.

¹⁸ And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, ¹⁹ but ^(A)the cares of ^(B)the world and ^(C)the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

⁷ Other seed fell among ^(A)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

²² As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but ^(A)the cares of ^(B)the world and ^(C)the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

⁷ Other seeds fell among ^(A)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.