Worldliness is the Spirit of Childhood Carried on into Ma
Mark 4:7
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.


nhood. The child lives in the present hour; today to him is everything. The holiday promised at a distant interval is no holiday at all — it must be either now or never. Natural in the child, and therefore pardonable, this spirit when carried on into manhood is worldliness.

(F. W. Robertson.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

WEB: Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.




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