Mark 4:19
King James Version
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.
The seed of GOD's WORD is constantly sown among people.
But how many listen?
How many care?
Are people aware at all, we are falling into a pit of eternal fire?
In this world, GOD's WORD is being choked through:
1. The "cares of this world".
2. "Deceitfulness of riches".
3. The "lusts of other things entering in".
These Bible versions explain more about these three things.
Mark 4:19
Amplified Bible
19 but the worries and cares of the world [the distractions of this age with its worldly pleasures], and the deceitfulness [and the false security or glamour] of wealth [or fame], and the passionate desires for all the other things creep in and choke out the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:19
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
19 Then the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless.
Mark 4:19
Common English Bible
19 but the worries of this life, the false appeal of wealth, and the desire for more things break in and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.
Mark 4:19
Complete Jewish Bible
19 but the worries of the world, the deceitful glamor of wealth and all the other kinds of desires push in and choke the message; so that it produces nothing.
Mark 4:19
Contemporary English Version
19 But they start worrying about the needs of this life. They are fooled by the desire to get rich and to have all kinds of other things. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.
Mark 4:19
Easy-to-Read Version
19 but their lives become full of other things: the worries of this life, the love of money, and everything else they want. This keeps the teaching from growing, and it does not produce a crop[a] in their lives.
Mark 4:19
Expanded Bible
19 but the worries of this ·life [world; age], the ·temptation [deceitfulness; seduction] of wealth, and ·many other evil desires [desires for other things] ·keep the teaching from growing and producing fruit in their lives [L come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful].
Mark 4:19
GOD’S WORD Translation
19 but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of riches, and the desires for other things take over. They choke the word so that it can’t produce anything.
Mark 4:19
Good News Translation
19 but the worries about this life, the love for riches, and all other kinds of desires crowd in and choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
Mark 4:19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
19 but the worries of this age, the seduction[a] of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:19
International Children’s Bible
19 But then other things come into their lives: worries, the love of money, and wanting all kinds of other things. These things stop the teaching from growing. So that teaching does not produce fruit[a] in their lives.
Mark 4:19
J.B. Phillips New Testament
These are the people who hear the message, but the worries of this world and the false glamour of riches and all sorts of other ambitions creep in and choke the life out of what they have heard, and it produces no crop in their lives.
Mark 4:19
Living Bible
19 but all too quickly the attractions of this world and the delights of wealth, and the search for success and lure of nice things come in and crowd out God’s message from their hearts, so that no crop is produced.
Mark 4:19
The Message
18-19 “The seed cast in the weeds represents the ones who hear the kingdom news but are overwhelmed with worries about all the things they have to do and all the things they want to get. The stress strangles what they heard, and nothing comes of it.
Mark 4:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.
Mark 4:19
New Catholic Bible
19 but worldly cares, the lure of riches, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.
Mark 4:19
New Century Version
19 but the worries of this life, the temptation of wealth, and many other evil desires keep the teaching from growing and producing fruit[a] in their lives.
Mark 4:19
New English Translation
19 but[a] worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth,[b] and the desire for other things come in and choke the word,[c] and it produces nothing.
Mark 4:19
New Life Version
19 But the cares of this life let thorns come up. A love for riches and always wanting other things let thorns grow. These things do not give the Word room to grow so it does not give grain.
Mark 4:19
New Living Translation
19 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.
Mark 4:19
New Matthew Bible
19 but the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the hunger for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it is made unfruitful.
Mark 4:19
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
19 but the cares of the world, and the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing.
Mark 4:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 but the cares of the age and the lure of wealth and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing.
Mark 4:19
New Testament for Everyone
19 and the worries of the present age, and the deceit of riches, and desires for other kinds of things, come in and choke the word, so that it produces no fruit.
Markos 4:19
Orthodox Jewish Bible
19 and the worries of the Olam Hazeh and the seduction of ashires (riches) and the desires for other things come in and choke the dvar Hashem and it does not bear pri.
Mark 4:19
Revised Standard Version
19 but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Mark 4:19
Tree of Life Version
19 but the worries of the world, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:19
The Voice
19 but the things of this life—the worries, the drive for more and more, the desire for other things—those things cluster around close and choke the life of God out of them until they cannot produce.
Mark 4:19
Worldwide English (New Testament)
19 But they think about the things of this world. They want to get money and other things to be happy. These things push the message out of their hearts. No good comes from it.
Mark 4:19
Wycliffe Bible
19 and dis-ease of the world, and deceit of riches, and other charge of covetousness entereth, and strangleth the word, and it is made without fruit. [and mis-eases of the world, and deceit of riches, and other charge of covetousness entering in, strangle the word, and it is made without fruit.]
Mark 4:19
Young's Literal Translation
19 and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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