But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
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Gill's Exposition
He also that receiveth seed among the thorns,.... The hearer that is like to the thorny ground, on which the seed fell,
is he that heareth the word; not a profane sinner, nor a reviler of religion,…
See also Mar 4:13-20; Luk 8:11-15. “Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower.” That is, hear the “explanation” or the “spiritual meaning” of the narrative given before. Mark adds Mar 4:13, “Know…
We have here Christ preaching, and may observe,
1. When Christ preached this sermon; it was the same day that he preached the sermon in the foregoing chapter: so unwearied was he in doing good, and…
Cambridge Bible
anon = immediately;the same Greek word is translated by and byin the next verse. Cp. "Then I will come to my mother by and by." Shaksp. Hamlet, Act iii. sc. 2.
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