Mark 4:19

but ¹  worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, ²  and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, ³  and it produces nothing.

Pr 23:5; Ec 4:8; Ec 5:10-16; Isa 5:2,4; Mt 3:10; Lu 10:41; Lu 12:17-21,29,30; Lu 14:18-20; Lu 21:34; Joh 15:2; Php 4:6; 1Ti 6:9,10,17; 2Ti 4:10; Heb 6:7,8; 1Pe 4:2,3; 2Pe 1:8; 1Jo 2:15-17; Jude 1:12

¹ tn Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

² tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”

³ sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.