Mark 4:19

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

¹⁸ And others are they who are sown among the thorns: these are they who have heard the word, ¹⁹ and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰ And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred fold.

Cares of This Life

Cares of This World

Choke the Word

Deceitfulness of Riches

Of the World

Of This World

Lure Of Wealth

Of This Life

Mark

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1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

1 Timothy 6:17

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas has forsaken me, having loved the present age, and is gone to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

1 Peter 4:2-3

no longer to live the rest of his time in the flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.

1 John 2:15-17

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

Proverbs 23:5

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-16

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

Isaiah 5:2

And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.

Isaiah 5:4

What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? --

Matthew 3:10

And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

Matthew 19:23

And Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say unto you, A rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the heavens;

Luke 10:41

But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

Luke 12:17-21

And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.

Luke 12:29-30

And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

Luke 14:18-20

And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.

Luke 21:34

But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;

John 15:2

As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.

Philippians 4:6

Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Hebrews 6:7-8

For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;

2 Peter 1:8

for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Jude 1:12

These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;