7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
Matthew 13:7 Cross References - MSB
Genesis 3:18
18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
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 do not sow among the thorns.
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
Matthew 13:22
22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.