Matthew 13:22

The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Cross References (31)

  • 1 Timothy 6:17 (23)

    Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealt

  • Luke 8:14 (22)

    The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, ri

  • 1 Timothy 6:9–10 (18)

    Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl

  • Mark 4:18–19 (16)

    Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

  • Luke 12:15 (14)

    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the ab

  • 2 Timothy 4:10 (12)

    because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Ti

  • Ecclesiastes 5:10–11 (12)

    He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile

  • 1 John 2:15–16 (10)

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • Psalms 52:7 (10)

    “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by

  • Luke 12:29–30 (9)

    And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.

  • Matthew 6:24–25 (9)

    No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despi

  • Luke 12:21 (8)

    This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

  • Luke 21:34 (8)

    But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that

  • Matthew 13:7 (8)

    Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

  • Psalms 62:10 (7)

    Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Proverbs 11:28 (7)

    He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

  • Jeremiah 4:3 (7)

    For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among t

  • Acts 5:1–11 (6)

    Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

  • Matthew 19:16–24 (6)

    Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

  • 2 Peter 2:14–15 (6)

    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed ch

  • 2 Kings 5:20–27 (6)

    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting w

  • Ecclesiastes 4:8 (6)

    There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not

  • Genesis 13:10–13 (6)

    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of

  • Jude 1:11–12 (6)

    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perish

  • Acts 8:18 (6)

    When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

  • Luke 14:16–24 (6)

    But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:13–14 (6)

    There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

  • Proverbs 23:5 (6)

    When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

  • Joshua 7:20–21 (6)

    “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

  • Luke 18:24–25 (6)

    Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

  • Mark 10:23–25 (5)

    Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”