Mark 4:7
Some of the seed fell among brambles; but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it yielded no return.
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 4:18-19
Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message,
Luke 8:7
Other seed fell in the middle of brambles, but the brambles grew up with it and choked it entirely.
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 12:15
And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."
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.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who want to be rich fall into the snares of temptation, and become the prey of many foolish and harmful ambitions, which plunge people into Destruction and Ruin.
1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;