He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
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Gill's Exposition
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying,.... Somewhat like the former, but with a different view: for whereas the design of the former was to show the different sorts of hearers that attend…
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
the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches St Mark adds "the lusts of other things," St Luke, "the pleasures of this life." These things destroy the "singleness" of the Christian life.…
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