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As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
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The Hardened Heart
Commentators explain that the 'wayside' represents a heart hardened and unreceptive to God's Word. Like a path trodden down by constant foot traffic, this heart is not prepared to let the seed of the gospel sink in. Matthew Henry describes such hearers as 'careless' and 'trifling,' who hear the message but don't truly understand or protect it, leaving it exposed on the surface.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Some seeds fell by the way side. That is, the hard path or headland, which the plough had not touched, and where there was no opp…
As he sowed (εν τω σπειρειν αυτον). Literally, "in the sowing as to him," a neat Greek idiom unlike our English temporal conjuncti…
19th Century
Anglican
The wayside — that is, along the edges of the broad path that crossed the field. Here the surface was hard and smooth, the grain l…
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Baptist
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, …
(3a) Jesus told the crowd “many things in parables.” For a brief description of “parable,” see introductory comment on Mk 4.
Regarding this c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he sowed Or, "as he sowed", as the other evangelists; that is, "while he was sowing",
so…
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Jesus entered a boat so that He might be less pressed, and be better heard by the people. By this He teaches us, in the outward circumstances of wo…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Gospel teaching was presented, and its adversaries were refuted. Here, He shows the power of the Gospel teaching. Firstly, He does …
