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The Book of Mark, Chapter 4, Verse 16

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‹And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.›
King James Version
‹And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;›
American Standard Version
And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky [places], who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy;
New English Translation
but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.
World English Bible
These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
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‹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.›
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 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.›
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‹For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.›
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And he said, ‹So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;›