Where the word is sown (οπου σπειρετα ο λογος). Explanatory detail only in Mark.

Satan (Σατανας) where Mt …

In their hearts.—The better manuscripts give simply, “in them.”

There is always a bird where there is a seed lying on the road, and there is always a devil where there is a sermon heard, but not received into th…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Although the Lord appears to neglect his mother in the events mentioned above, He still honors her, s…

The seeds sown on the hard-beaten path indicate those who have a shallow reception of the word. Satan snatches it from them before it has had an op…

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown ,
&c.] Such hearers are represented by the way side, in w…

This parable contained instruction so important that all capable of hearing were obligated to pay attention to it. There are many things it is impo…