I want you to be without concerns. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord #– #how he may please the Lord.
The widow who is truly in need and left all alone has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers;
Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Now the one sown among the thorns #– #this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness , of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.
But the married man is concerned about the things of the world #– #how he may please his wife #– #