Matthew 13:7 Cross References - ISV

7 Other seeds fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew higher and choked them out.

Genesis 3:18

18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you’ll eat the plants from the meadows.

Jeremiah 4:3-4

3 For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, “Break up your unplowed ground, and don’t sow among thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD and remove the foreskin of your heart, you men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem, or else my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to put it out, because of your evil deeds.”

Matthew 13:22

22 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.

Mark 4:18-19

18 Still others are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the people who hear the word, 19 but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can’t produce a crop.

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