⁷ And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no ^[a]crop.

¹⁸ Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, ¹⁹ and the ^(A)cares of this world, ^(B)the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.