They are choked (συνπνιγοντα). Present passive indicative of this powerfully vivid compound verb συνπνιγω used in Mr 4:19;[Referen…

Cares and riches and pleasures of this life.—A better rendering is simply of life, as St. Luke’s word (bios) is differen…

How many we have of that sort! They do continue somewhat longer than the others, yet they get choked after all.

Theophylact of Ohrid: That which David had foretold in the person of Christ, I will open my mouth in parables, the…

In the next two types of soils there is an initial response, though it is superficial. For some, “in the time of testing” they “fall away” (GK 923;…

And that which fell among thorns are they
The seed that fell among thorns, or were sown on thorny ground, represent …

There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy ar…