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.

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

The LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, "Plow up your unplowed fields; do not plant your seeds among thorns.

Keep your covenant with me, your LORD, and dedicate yourselves to me, you people of Judah and Jerusalem. If you don't, my anger will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. It will burn, and there will be no one to put it out."

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.