Thematic Bible: Worldly care


Thematic Bible






And the one on whom seed was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the worries and distractions of the world and the deceitfulness [the superficial pleasures and delight] of riches choke the word, and it yields no fruit.

But the Lord replied to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered and anxious about so many things;


“But be on guard, so that your hearts are not weighed down and depressed with the giddiness of debauchery and the nausea of self-indulgence and the worldly worries of life, and then that day [when the Messiah returns] will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

But I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;