But I would have you without anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious about the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
He also who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word; and the concerns of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
And the concerns of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and does not care about the sheep.
But he who is married is anxious about the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Now she who is a widow indeed, and alone, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.