Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
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… Some seed fell on the ground. The birds came and picked it up. Some fell on rocky ground. it was instant bloom and instant fade, and some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. Now, when the disciples then asked Jesus for an explanation of the parable, he said, the first group are those who hear the Word of God and the devil snatches it away before they can do anything with it. The second group are those who, when they hear the Word of God, say, sign me up for that, and within two weeks they have gone who knows where. And the third group are those who appear to make a good beginning, but as they go through the journey of their lives, a preoccupation with riches and with the cares of life, squeeze and constrict and restrict the good that they might be. And they do not, he says, go to maturity. In fact, there is no category in the parable of the sower with which we can speak concerning with conviction regarding the reality of faith except the fourth category, the good soil. …
… And as it grew up it withered for lack of moisture Some fell among thorns And the thorns grew with it and choked it Some fell into good soil And when it grew it produced a hundredfold As he said this he called out Let everyone who has ears to hear listen. Then his disciples asked him, what does this mean? He said, to you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. He said, to you who belong to the church without walls, it has been given to you to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others I speak in parables so that looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand. Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God. The ones on the path are those who have heard, then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts so that they may not believe and be saved. The ones on the rock are those who when they hear the word receive it with joy but these have no root. …
… And when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants, but still other seed fell on good soil. Everybody say good soil. Good soil. It fell on good soil and it came up and yielded a crop a hundred times more than what was sown. When he said this, he called out, whoever has ears to hear, let them hear. And his disciples asked him what, what, in the world could this parable have have meant and he said the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of god have been given to you but to others i speak in stories so that though they seen they may not see though hearing they may not understand verse 11 this is the meaning of the story i just told you the seed is the word of god those along the path are the ones who hear the word and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a little while, but in the time of testing, they fall away. …