Matthew 13:7
And other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and [eventually] choked out the tender sprouts.
Matthew 13:22
And the person who was sown among the thorns is the one who hears the message, but the anxieties of the world [i.e., of life] and the deceptiveness of [material] riches choke the message and he becomes unproductive.
Mark 4:7
And other seeds fell among thorns which grew up and choked them so that they yielded no crop.
Luke 8:7
And other [seed] fell among thorns, which grew up with it and [eventually] choked out [the tender sprouts].
Luke 8:14
And those people [represented by the seed] that fell among thorns are the ones who have heard [the word], and as they go about their business, they become choked by worry, by money and by worldly pleasures, and produce no mature crop.
Mark 4:18-19
And other seeds represent those who are sown among thorns. These are people who heard 'the word,'
Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived; God will not be fooled. Whatever a person does with his life, he will reap [the results of it].