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matthew 13:18-23

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Matthew 13:18-23

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

18. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 20. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 22. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Matthew 13:18-23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 13:18

Theological / Devotional

Hear ye therefore. For major comment on vs. 18-23 see on vs. 3-9. The explanation of the parable of the Sower, the Seed, and the Soils, here given by Christ (vs. 18-23), probably at a later time (see on v. 10), should be taken as a pattern of the principles that underly all parable interpretation (see p. 204).

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