What was sown

"The seed that was sown" or "The seed that fell"

the word

"the message" or "God's teaching"

"as weeds prevent good plants from growing, the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches keep this person from listening to God's word"

"the things in this world that people worry about"

"the love of money"

"he becomes unproductive" or "he does not do what God wants"