Mark 4:19

but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things enter in and choke the word, and it does not produce a crop.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18The others are the ones that were sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

20Then those that were sown in the good soil are the ones who hear the word and receive it, and they produce crops—thirty, sixty, or a hundred times what was sown.”

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:8There is the kind of man who is alone. 2 He does not have anyone, no son or brother. 1 There is no end to all his work, 2 and his eyes are not satisfied with gaining wealth. 1 He wonders, “For whom am I toiling 2 and depriving myself of pleasure?” 1 This also is vapor, a bad situation. 1

Isaiah 5:2He spaded it, removed the stones, and planted it with an excellent kind of vine. 1 He built a tower in the middle of it, and also built a winepress. 1 He waited for it to produce grapes, but it only produced wild grapes. 1

Matthew 3:10Already the ax has been placed against the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

Luke 10:41But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious about many things,

Luke 12:29Do not look for what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not be anxious.

Luke 21:34But pay attention to yourselves, so that your hearts are not burdened with the effects of drinking and intoxication, and the worries of life, and then that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21

The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →

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