'Thorns' in the Bible

By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles?

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.

Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,

Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.

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

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.

So Jesus came out, wearing the wreath of thorns and the crimson cloak. And Pilate said to them, "See, there is the man."

But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire.