But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants sprouted, grew, and bore grain: some had thirty grains, others sixty, and others one hundred."

And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"

those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.

At that time you followed the world's evil way; you obeyed the ruler of the spiritual powers in space, the spirit who now controls the people who disobey God.

For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.

Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.

Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.

no wicked people have been happy for long.

They are instantly destroyed; they go down to a horrible end.

(SEE 15:51)

And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.