Other seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and crowded out the plants. So the plants did not bear grain.

有落在荆棘里的，荆棘长起来，把它挤住了，就不结实；

有的落在荆棘里，荆棘长起来，把它挤住了，就结不出果实。

有的落在荆棘里，荆棘长起来，把它挤住了，就结不出果实。

有些落在荆棘丛中，荆棘长起来便把嫩苗挤住了，以致不能结实；

有的落在荆棘里，荆棘长起来，把它挤住，它就结不出果实来。

另有落进荆棘丛里的，荆棘长起来把它挤住，它就结不出果实了。

有落在荊棘裏的，荊棘長起來，把它擠住了，就不結實；

有的落在荊棘裏，荊棘長起來，把它擠住了，就結不出果實。

有的落在荊棘裏，荊棘長起來，把它擠住了，就結不出果實。

有些落在荊棘叢中，荊棘長起來便把嫩苗擠住了，以致不能結實；

有的落在荊棘裡，荊棘長起來，把它擠住，它就結不出果實來。

另有的落到荊棘裏，荊棘長起來，把它悶煞了，就不結實。

另有落進荊棘叢裡的，荊棘長起來把它擠住，它就結不出果實了。

有落棘中者、棘起蔽之而不實、

有遺棘中者、棘起蔽之、而實不結、

有遺荊棘中者、荊棘長而蔽之、致不結實、

有落於荊棘中者、荊棘長而蔽之、生機阻塞、遂以不實；

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

Other seed fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants so they produced no grain.

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce fruit.

Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop.

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Here is what the Lord is telling the people of Judah and Jerusalem. He says,“ Your hearts are as hard as a field that has not been plowed. So change your ways and produce good crops. Do not plant seeds among thorns.

The Lord God said to Adam,“ You listened to your wife’s suggestion. You ate fruit from the tree I warned you about. I said,‘ You must not eat its fruit.’“ So I am putting a curse on the ground because of what you did. All the days of your life you will have to work hard. It will be painful for you to get food from the ground.You will eat plants from the field, even though the ground produces thorns and prickly weeds.

“ Be careful. If you aren’t, your hearts will be loaded down with wasteful living, drunkenness and the worries of life. Then the day the Son of Man returns will close on you like a trap. It will happen suddenly.

People who want to get rich are tempted. They fall into a trap. They are tripped up by wanting many foolish and harmful things. Those who live like that are dragged down by what they do. They are destroyed and die.Love for money causes all kinds of evil. Some people want to get rich. They have wandered away from the faith. They have wounded themselves with many sorrows.

Other seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and crowded out the plants.

Then he said to them,“ Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has.”

Other seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up with it and crowded out the plants.

And what is seed scattered among thorns like? The people hear the message.But then the worries of this life come to them. Wealth comes with its false promises. The people also long for other things. All of these are the kinds of things that crowd out the message. They keep it from producing fruit.

The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear the message. But as they go on their way, they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures. So they do not reach full growth.

The seed that fell among the thorns is like others who hear the message. But then the worries of this life and the false promises of wealth crowd it out. They keep the message from producing fruit.