Mark 4:19Open English Bible (US)
but the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the message, so that it gives no return.
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Then Queen Esther answered, “Your Majesty, if I have won your favor, and if it seems best to Your Majesty, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request,