Jesus used an illustration to show that “the anxiety of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches ” can choke the word of the Kingdom.
تَخَيَّلْ مَدَى ٱلْقَلَقِ ٱلَّذِي يَعْتَرِينَا إِذَا كُنَّا نَصُبُّ كُلَّ ٱهْتِمَامِنَا لِنُكَدِّسَ « كُنُوزًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ » .‏