19. but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.
20. But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”
21. He said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand?
22. For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light.
23. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.”
24. He also told them, “Take care what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you.
25. To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
26. He said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land