Luke 8:14
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14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but (A)as they go on their way they are choked by the (B)cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
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1 John 2:15-17
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—(C)the desires of the flesh and (D)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And (E)the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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- 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
1 Timothy 6:9-10
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9 But (A)those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, (B)into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that (C)plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of (D)all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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Mark 4:19
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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.
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Matthew 13:22
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22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but (A)the cares of (B)the world and (C)the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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Luke 8:7
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7 And some fell among (A)thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
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Matthew 6:24-25
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24 (A)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and (B)money.[a]
Do Not Be Anxious
25 (C)“Therefore I tell you, (D)do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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- Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions
2 Timothy 4:10
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10 For (A)Demas, (B)in love with (C)this present world, (D)has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] (E)Titus to Dalmatia.
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- 2 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts Gaul
Luke 13:6-9
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The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 And he told this parable: “A man had (A)a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. (B)Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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John 15:6
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6 If anyone does not abide in me (A)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; (B)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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Luke 18:24-25
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24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, (A)“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter (B)the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter (C)the kingdom of God.”
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Luke 16:13
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13 (A)No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
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Luke 17:26-30
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26 (A)Just as it was in the days of (B)Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 (C)They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of (D)Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 (E)but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— 30 so will it be (F)on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
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