Mark 4:17-27

17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.^[a]

18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts^[b] 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,^[c] 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. offended: or, stumbled, or, caused to fall into sin
• [b]. lusts: or, inordinate desires
• [c]. bushel: the word in the original signifieth a less measure