Matthew 13:22

New American Bible - revised edition

The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.

Cross References

Psalm 52:7

God too will strike you down forever, he will lay hold of you and pluck you from your tent, uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 62:10

Mortals are a mere breath, the sons of man but an illusion; On a balance they rise; together they weigh nothing.

Proverbs 11:28

Those who trust in their riches will fall, but like green leaves the just will flourish.

Proverbs 23:5

When your glance flits to it, it is gone! For assuredly it grows wings, like the eagle that flies toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

those all alone with no companion, with neither child nor sibling—with no end to all their toil, and no satisfaction from riches. For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good things? This also is vanity and a bad business.

Jeremiah 4:3

For to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, thus says the Lord: Till your untilled ground, and do not sow among thorns.

Matthew 12:32

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. A Tree and Its Fruits.

Matthew 13:39

and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

Matthew 13:40

Just as weeds are collected and burned [up] with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

Matthew 13:7

Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.

Luke 12:15

Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Parable of the Rich Fool.

Luke 12:21

Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God.” Dependence on God.

Luke 21:34

“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise

Luke 8:14

As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit.

Acts 8:18

When Simon saw that the Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money

Romans 12:2

Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. Many Parts in One Body.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet we do speak a wisdom to those who are mature, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are passing away.

1 Corinthians 2:8

and which none of the rulers of this age knew; for, if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool so as to become wise.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they may not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins that he might rescue us from the present evil age in accord with the will of our God and Father,

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas, enamored of the present world, deserted me and went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.