'Thorn bushes' in the Bible
You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
Other seeds fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew higher and choked them out.
As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.
Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes came up and choked them out, and they didn't produce anything.
Still others are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the people who hear the word,
For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren’t gathered from thornbushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush.
Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew with them and choked them.
The ones that fell among the thorn bushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.