As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.
Now the one sown among the thorns #– #this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Still other seed fell on good ground; when it grew up, it produced fruit: a hundred times what was sown.’ As he said this, he called out, ‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.’