Mark 4:19
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
ἐπιθυμία
desires
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ἐπιθυμία
Desire, craving, longing. Epithumia. Do not fulfil the desires of the flesh. The flesh pulls toward what destroys. The Spirit pulls toward what gives life. Choose which you feed.
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γίνομαι
it becomes.
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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πλοῦτος
riches
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πλοῦτος
wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally) money, possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, richness, (specially), valuable bestowment
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μέριμνα
cares
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μέριμνα
Anxiety, worry, care. Cast all your anxiety on Him. God does not want you to carry what He has offered to carry for you.
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συμπνίγω
they choke
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συμπνίγω
to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd
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εἰσπορεύομαι
entering in
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εἰσπορεύομαι
to enter (literally or figuratively)
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λοιποί
other things
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λοιποί
remaining ones
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