Mark 4:19
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but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
Read Mark 4:19 Using Other Translations
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.
but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced.
What does Mark 4:19 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Mark 4:19
And the cares of this world
The perplexing and distressing cares of it to get as much of it
as they can, for themselves and families, fill their minds, and
possess their souls even when and while they are hearing the
word: and the deceitfulness of riches; or riches which are
deceitful, especially when trusted in, and being obtained, they
do not give the satisfaction they promise: and the lusts of other
things entering in: carnal desires after other objects, which are
pleasing to the sensual mind, entering into their hearts, and
gaining, the ascendant there: choke the word, and it, becometh
unfruitful; these being more attended to than the word is, that
is quite lost, and becomes useless, and unprofitable.
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