7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up and choked it.
Matthew 13:7 Cross References - MSTC
Genesis 3:18
18 and it shall bear thorns and thistles unto thee. And thou shalt eat the herbs of the field:
Jeremiah 4:3-4
3 For thus sayeth the LORD, to all Judah and Jerusalem, "Plow your land, and sow not among the thorns.
4 Be circumcised in the LORD, and cut away the foreskins of your heart, all ye of Judah, and all the indwellers of Jerusalem: that my indignation break not out like fire, and kindle so that no man may quench it, because of the wickedness of your imaginations."
Matthew 13:22
22 He that was sown among thorns, is he that heareth the word of God, but the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and so is he made unfruitful.