Mark 4:19-29

19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts^[a] of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some* sixty, and some an hundred.

21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel,^[b] or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 For there is nothing hid*, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad*.

23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Footnotes

• [a] lusts: or, inordinate desires
• [b] bushel: the word in the original signifieth a less measure