7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, …
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. …
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-23)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 working the works of him that sent him. Note, Christ was for preaching both ends of the day, and has by his example recommended that practice to his church; we must in the morning sow our seed, and in t…
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