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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he saith unto them, know ye not this parable?.... So easy to be understood, taken from things common, and which fall under every one's observation: and how then will you know all parables? if not this single one, and which is so plain, how will ye be able to understand the numerous parables hereafter to be related, and which will be much more...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? “For this is one of the simplest of them all; if you do not understand this parable, what will you understand?”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The sower soweth the word. Though our Lord thought fit to give the above gentle rebuke to his disciples for their dulness; yet he condescends to favour them with an interpretation of the above parable, which here begins: by this it appears, that the seed in the parable, before delivered, and which fell on different sorts of ground, is the word of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts, There is always a bird where there is a seed lying on the road, and there is always a devil where there is a sermon heard, but not received into the heart....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown,.... Such hearers are represented by the way side, in which the seed fell; who, coming where the Gospel is preached, stop awhile and hear it, and so are only casual and accidental hearers of it: but when they have heard; and indeed whilst they are hearing, and before they are well got out...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground,.... Such sort of hearers of the word are signified by the stony ground, on which the seed were sown, who are constant hearers of the word, and have some understanding of it, and some sort of affection for it, and yet their hearts are not truly broken by it; they are not brought to a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. These are the people that trouble and grieve the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And have no root in themselves,.... The word has no root in their hearts, only in their natural affections: nor is the root of grace in them; there is no heart work, only speculative notions, and flashy affections: and so endure but for a time: they continue hearers and professors of the Gospel but for a small season; like the Jews, who rejoiced...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these are they that are sown among thorns,.... Such hearers of the word are designed by the thorny ground, upon which other seed fell, as it was sown, who are of worldly dispositions; who are immoderately careful and anxious about the things of this life, and are bent upon acquiring earthly riches, and gratifying their carnal and sensual...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. The seed cannot grow in such soil as that. The man is too busy, or he is wholly taken up with pleasure; the women are too proud...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the cares of this world,.... The perplexing and distressing cares of it to get as much of it as they can, for themselves and families, fill their minds, and possess their souls even when and while they are hearing the word: and the deceitfulness of riches; or riches which are deceitful, especially when trusted in, and being obtained, they do...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these are they which are sown on good ground,.... Such hearers who are intended by the good ground on which other seed fell, are those who are made good men by the grace of God; for there is none good naturally, nor that doeth good, no not one; these are such who hear the word, and receive it; as the word of God, in whose hearts it works...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty fold, some sixty, and some an hundred. All converts are not equally good. I am afraid that, in our churches, there is a large number of the thirty-fold people. We are glad to have them, but they are not very brilliant...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them,.... At the same time, after he had explained the parable of the sower; for though the following parabolical and proverbial expressions were delivered by Christ at other, and different times, and some of them twice, as related by other evangelists; yet they might be all of them expressed or repeated at this time, by our Lord,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? So this wheat, then, is meant to be sown; the Word of God is intended to be spread. “Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed?” If it were put under a bed, it would set the bed on fire; and so, if you have...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For there is nothing hid,.... In these parables, and figurative expressions used by Christ, which shall not be manifested, sooner or later, to his disciples: neither was any thing kept secret; any doctrine of the Gospel, or mystery of the kingdom: but that it should come abroad; it was designed to be published in all Judea, and afterwards,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
, For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. Tell out, then, what God has told to you; and let everybody hear from you the truth as you yourself have heard it. See the compound interest that there is to be in this blessed...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. What is now delivered, being very momentous and important; see Matthew 11:15.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them,.... At the same time, though he had said what follows at another time, still continuing his discourse with his disciples: take heed what you hear: diligently attend to it, seek to understand it, and lay it up in your minds and memories, that it may be of use to you in time to come, and you may be useful in communicating it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. When the gospel is not received, when a man refuses it, it becomes a positive loss to him....