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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"That which is sown upon the stony places," saith He, "the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while; but when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended! When any one," so He saith, "heareth the word of truth and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth that which was sown out of his heart. …
Western Saints
Jerome
Everyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it. By saying this beforehand, he exhorts us to listen more attentively to what is being said.
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Everyone who hears the word of the kingdom etc. Here he expounds; and because he had made mention of two kinds of earth, he therefore first expounds what he had said about the bad earth, and secondly about the good earth, at but he who was sown upon good ground etc. Likewise, in the bad earth he had set down three differences: some by the wayside, some on rocky ground, some among thorns. And he expounds this. …
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