Mat 13:22, Mar 10:24, 1Cor 1:26, 1Ti 6:9-10 | ISV | STEP | As for what was sown among the thornbushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

Matthew 13:22

22 As for what was sown among the thornbushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.Jer 4:3; Matt 19:23; Mark 10:23; Luke 18:24; 1Tim 6:9; 2Tim 4:10

Mark 10:24

24 The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth ^{▼▼Other mss. lack for those who trust in their wealth} to get into the kingdom of God!Job 31:24; Ps 52:7; 62:10; 1Tim 6:17

1 Corinthians 1:26

26 Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, ^{▼▼Lit. according to the flesh} not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.John 7:48

1 Timothy 6:9-10

9 But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.Prov 15:27; 20:21; 28:20; Matt 13:22; 1Tim 1:19; 3:7; James 5:1 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with much pain.Exod 23:8; Deut 16:19