Matthew 13:7-8

13:7 Other seeds fell among the thorns, ¹  and they grew up and choked them. ²  13:8 But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

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¹ sn Palestinian weeds like these thorns could grow up to six feet in height and have a major root system.

² sn That is, crowded out the good plants.