keep it Comp. Luke 11:28; John 14:21. "Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee," Psalms 119:11. The opposite of the "forgetful hearers," James 1:25. For them the seed does not fall -on the way."

bring forth fruit with patience not as in thorns, not as on the rocky ground. The hundredfold harvest does not come at once, but "first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear." These words are added by St Luke alone. Patience or persevering consistency is a favourite word with St Paul. It is "strength of mind sustained by good hope...The sum of Christianity." Bengel.

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