³ For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.

¹² Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

¹⁴ And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

⁷ And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

²² And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

⁷ And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

⁷ And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

⁷ Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

⁸ Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

¹⁸ Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

¹⁸ And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

¹⁹ And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.