Mark 4:19-29

19 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.

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, 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