It will produce weeds and thorns, and you will have to eat wild plants.

I said, 'Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your LORD, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you.'

Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants.

The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.

Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants, and they didn't bear grain.

Other people are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the ones who hear the message,

but the worries about this life, the love for riches, and all other kinds of desires crowd in and choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.

Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up with the plants and choked them.

The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear; but the worries and riches and pleasures of this life crowd in and choke them, and their fruit never ripens.

Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant.

If you plant in the field of your natural desires, from it you will gather the harvest of death; if you plant in the field of the Spirit, from the Spirit you will gather the harvest of eternal life.