'Stifle' in the Bible

Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.

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.

Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.

but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.

Don’t stifle the Spirit.