Matthew 13:22

World English Bible

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

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Matthew 13:22 in other translations

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matthew 13:22 · American Standard Version

Matthew 13:22 in context

  1. 20What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
  2. 21yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
  3. 22What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
  4. 23What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
  5. 24He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,