Matthew 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Every transgression deprives us, in some degree, of power to receive the Divine word of God's truth, and making it our own. And these demons of worldliness, of selfishness, of carelessness, of pride, of sensuality, that go careering through your soul, my brother, are like the goblin horseman in the old legend; wherever that hoof-fall strikes, the ground is blasted, and no grass will grow upon it any more for ever! (A. Maclaren D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:WEB: As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. |
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