Luke 8:14

And that which fell among thorns are they, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
The sense of the Greek text is: they produce no fruit that arrives at maturity. (Bible de Vence)

Shepherd of Hermas

AD 150
Even as beautiful vines, when they are neglected, are withered up by thorns and divers plants, so men who have believed, and have afterwards fallen away into many of those actions above mentioned, go astray in their minds, and lose all understanding in regard to righteousness; for if they hear of righteousness, their minds are occupied with their business,

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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