Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
The seed sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
But when the sun rose, they were scorched. And because they had no root, they withered away.
But other seeds fell on good soil and produced fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times more than what was sown.
Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no fruit.
Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.