Luke 8:7
Other seed fell in the middle of brambles, but the brambles grew up with it and choked it entirely.
Matthew 13:7
Some, again, fell into the brambles; but the brambles shot up and choked it.
Matthew 13:22
By the seed which was sown among the brambles is meant the man who hears the Message, but the cares of life and the glamour of wealth completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.
Mark 4:7
Some of the seed fell among brambles; but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it yielded no return.
Mark 4:18-19
Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message,
Luke 8:14
By that which fell among the brambles are meant those who hear the Message, but who, as they go on their way, are completely choked by this world's cares and wealth and pleasures, and bring nothing to perfection.
Luke 21:34
Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.
Hebrews 6:7-8
Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall upon it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;