Mark 4:19-21

English Standard Version

¹⁹ but ^(A)the cares of ^(B)the world and ^(C)the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. ²⁰ But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and ^(D)bear fruit, ^(E)thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

A Lamp Under a Basket

^21 (F)And he said to them, ^(G)“Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?