Matthew 13:22

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Matthew 13:22

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Summary

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.

Seed

2 Timothy 4:10

The care

The deceitfulness

Choke

Luke 8:14

2 Timothy 4:10

Jude 1:12

General references

Bible References

Seed

and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

'And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,

'And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, 'How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!

for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

The care

'None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

And lo, one having come near, said to him, 'Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'

And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it is all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,

And Achan answereth Joshua, and saith, 'Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done;

And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, 'Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.'

For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.

And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, 'How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!'

And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

and he said to him, 'A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse,

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

woe to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.

The deceitfulness

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and he saith not, 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.

and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, 'How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

Choke

'And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

General references

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;

and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;