Matthew 13:7 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 7 Others, too, fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.+ Mark 4:18 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 18 There are still others who are sown among the thorns; these are the ones that have heard the word,+ Mark 4:19 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 19 but the anxieties+ of this system of things* and the deceptive power of riches+ and the desires+ for the rest of the things make inroads and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.+ Luke 8:7 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 7 Some other fell among the thorns, and the thorns that grew up with it choked it off.+
18 There are still others who are sown among the thorns; these are the ones that have heard the word,+
19 but the anxieties+ of this system of things* and the deceptive power of riches+ and the desires+ for the rest of the things make inroads and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.+