Other seeds fell among (A)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

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18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19 but (A)the cares of (B)the world and (C)the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

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For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

(A)“Break up your fallow ground,
    and (B)sow not among thorns.
(C)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
    remove the foreskin of your hearts,
    O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(D)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
    and burn with none to quench it,
    (E)because of the evil of your deeds.”

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18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
    and you shall eat the plants of the field.

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22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but (A)the cares of (B)the world and (C)the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

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