NET Bible
"but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing."
— Mark 4:19, NET Bible
“And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.”
“and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. ”
“and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.”
“And the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts after other things entering in choke the word, and it is made fruitless.”
“And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.”
“And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.”
These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.
But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,
but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.
But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”
The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?
For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.