Mark 4:18
Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,
Matthew 13:22
He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:7
Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.
Luke 8:14
That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.
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