Matthew 13:22

Matthew 13:22. The third class hold out longer, but are unfruitful, from a divided heart, in which evil triumphs; the thorns being hardier than the wheat

The care of the world, not pure worldliness, which belongs to the first class, but anxieties about worldly things distracting persons of serious mind.

The deceitfulness of riches. Whether in the pursuit or possession of wealth. A false expectation or a false confidence in regard to wealth will choke the word. Mark adds: ‘the lusts of other things,' other than those presented by the word.

He becometh unfruitful. Notwithstanding the previous (and perhaps long continued) promise of fruit.