17 But they have no root; they are short-lived. When distress(A) or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.(B) 18 Others are like seed sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the worries(C) of this age,(D) the deceitfulness[a](E) of wealth,(F) and the desires(G) for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.(H)

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  1. 4:19 Or seduction

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