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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.

Matthew 13:22 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીમાથ્થી ૧૩:૨૨
કાંટાનાં જાળાંમાં જે બીજ વાવેલું તે એ છે કે, તે વચન સાંભળે છે, પણ આ ભૌતિક જગતની ચિંતા તથા દ્રવ્યની માયા વચનને દબાવી નાખે છે, અને તે નિષ્ફળ થઈ જાય છે.
हिन्दीमत्ती १३:२२
जो झाड़ियों में बोया गया, यह वह है, जो वचन को सुनता है, पर इस संसार की चिन्ता और धन का धोखा वचन को दबाता है, और वह फल नहीं लाता।

In context

20What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;

21yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

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.

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.”

24He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

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