they that have heard| | 19 the word, and the | | cares of the | word; and the care | heard, and as they [2]world, and the | of the [2]world, and| go on their way deceitfulness of | the deceitfulness of| they are choked riches, and the | riches, | with cares and lusts of other | | riches and things entering in, | | pleasures of choke the word, and | choke the | _this_ life, and it becometh | word, and he | bring no fruit to 20 unfruitful. And | becometh unfruitful.| perfection. those are they that |23 And he that was sown|15 And were sown upon the | upon the good | that in the good good ground; such as| ground, this is he | ground, these are hear the word, and | that heareth the | such as in an accept it, | word, and | honest and good | understandeth it; | heart, having and bear | who verily beareth | heard the word, fruit, thirtyfold, | fruit, and bringeth | hold it fast, and and sixtyfold, and a| forth, some a | bring forth fruit hundredfold. | hundredfold, some | with patience. | sixty, some thirty. | 21 And he said unto them, Is the |16 And no man, when he hath lamp[b] brought to be put under | lighted a lamp, covereth it the bushel, or under the bed, | with a vessel, or putteth it _and_ not to be put on the | under a bed; but putteth it on 22 stand? For there is nothing hid,| a stand, that they which enter save that it should be |17 in may see the light. For manifested; neither was | nothing is hid, that shall not _anything_ made secret, but that| be made manifest; nor 23 it should come to light. If any | _anything_ secret, that shall man hath ears to hear, let him | not be known and come to light. 24 hear. And he said unto them, | Take heed what ye hear: with |18 Take heed therefore how ye what measure ye mete it shall be| hear: for whosoever hath, to measured unto you: and more | him shall be given; and 25 shall be given unto you. For he | whosoever hath not, from him that hath, to him shall be | shall be taken away even that given: and he that hath not, | which he [3]thinketh he hath. from him shall be taken away | even that which he hath. | [Footnote 1: Some ancient authorities add here, and in ver. 43, _to hear_: as in Mark 4:9; Luke 8:8.] [Footnote 2: Or, _age_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _seemeth to have_.]