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Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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The Thorns of Worldly Cares
Commentators identify the "thorns" as the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and other lusts. These worldly concerns compete with God's Word for a person's attention and affection, growing up alongside faith and eventually strangling it, making it unfruitful.
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Choked (συνεπνιξαν). Πνιγω means to strangle, throttle. Mark has the compounded form with συν-, squeezed together.[Reference Matth…
19th Century
Baptist
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And some fell among thorns The word was ministered to some who were eat up with the cares of the world, and the dece…
Presbyterian
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…
