Matthew 13:7
And other seeds fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them:
Matthew 13:22
But the sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word, and the anxiety about this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choketh the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:8
but if it produceth thorns and thistles, it is abandoned, and near the curse [of barrenness], whose end will be for burning.
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And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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Matthew 13:7
And other seeds fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them:
Hebrews 6:8
but if it produceth thorns and thistles, it is abandoned, and near the curse [of barrenness], whose end will be for burning.