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Matthew 13:7

New American Bible - revised edition

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

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Thorns and thistles it shall bear for you, and you shall eat the grass of the field.

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.

and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots.

But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.

Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain.

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