Matthew 13:7. Upon the thorns, i.e., upon soil where there were roots of thorns, etc., not necessarily among thorn-bushes.

And the thorns grew up and choked them. The thorns were of ranker growth. Both ideas are implied in the phrase ‘sprung up.' Matthew 13:8.

Good ground. The proportion of the harvest is large, but not unexampled. Palestine was once exceedingly fertile. The remarkable variety in the form of the parallel passages shows independence.

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