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

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.

⁴ Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

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

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.

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.