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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Here three classes of people are indicated in whom the word is lost: some are inattentive, these are signified by the phrase "by the road"; others are fainthearted, these are understood by the phrase "on rocky ground"; the third are lovers of pleasure, signified by the phrase "among thorns."
Irenaeus
For as the good olive, if neglected for a certain time, if left to grow wild and to run to wood, does itself become a wild olive; or again, if the wild olive be carefully tended and grafted, it naturally reverts to its former fruit-bearing condition: so men also, when they become careless, and bring forth for fruit the lusts of the flesh like woody produce, are rendered, by their own fault, unfruitful in righteousness. …
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Take care that the seed does not fall by the wayside, lest the evil spirit come and take the word from memory.
Bede
These are those who are beside the way where the word is sown. And when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts, etc. In this explanation of the Lord, the entire distance of those who could hear the word of salvation but cannot reach salvation is comprehended. For there are those who do not deign to grasp the word they hear with any faith, understanding, or even any opportunity for trying usefulness. …
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