Mark 4:17-25
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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.
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18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
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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.
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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.
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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?
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22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
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23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
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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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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.