Luke 8:7
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
Matthew 13:7
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:7
Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
Mark 4:18-19
And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word,
Luke 8:14
And the ones that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
Luke 21:34
"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly like a trap.
Hebrews 6:7-8
For land which drinks the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.