Lùjiāfúyīn 8:14

14 Nà luò zaì jīngjí lǐ de , jiù shì rén tīng le dào , zǒu kāi yǐhòu , beì jīn shēng de sīlǜ qiáncái yàn lè jǐ zhù le , biàn jiē bú chū chéng shú de zǐlì lái .

Lùjiāfúyīn 8:14 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:14

And that which fell among thorns are they
The seed that fell among thorns, or were sown on thorny ground, represent such hearers:

which, when they have heard, go forth;
from hearing the word to their worldly business; or go on in the pursuit of their worldly lusts and pleasures notwithstanding; for the word translated, "go forth", belongs to the next clause;

and are choked with cares and riches, and pleasures of this life;
and with it to be read thus, "and going on in or under", that is, under the power and influence of, "the cares, and riches, and pleasures of life", they are choked; to which agrees the Arabic version, which renders it, "in which they walk", or "which they follow". The Vulgate Latin version is, "and from the cares, and riches, and pleasures of life, going, they are choked": but it is not going from them, but going on in them, which chokes them, or suffocates the word they have heard, whereby it becomes of no effect; unless it should be rendered, "by the cares" "they are choked, and bring no fruit to perfection"; for what fruit such hearers do bring forth, in a way of profession, soon drops off, and perishes.

Lùjiāfúyīn 8:14 In-Context

12 Nàxiē zaì lùpáng de , jiù shì rén tīng le dào , suíhòu móguǐ lái , cóng tāmen xīnli bǎ dào duó qù , kǒngpà tāmen xìn le déjiù .

13 Nàxiē zaì pánshí shàng de , jiù shì rén tīng dào , xǐhuan lǐngshòu , dàn xīn zhōng méiyǒu gēn , bú guò zànshí xiāngxìn , jízhì yùjiàn shìliàn jiù hòu tuì le .

14 Nà luò zaì jīngjí lǐ de , jiù shì rén tīng le dào , zǒu kāi yǐhòu , beì jīn shēng de sīlǜ qiáncái yàn lè jǐ zhù le , biàn jiē bú chū chéng shú de zǐlì lái .

15 Nà luò zaì hǎo tǔ lǐ de , jiù shì rén tīng le dào , chí shǒu zaì chéngshí shànliáng de xīnli , bìngqiĕ rĕnnaì zhe jiē shí .

16 Méiyǒu rén diǎn dēng yòng qìmǐn gaì shàng , huò fàng zaì chuáng dǐ xià , nǎi shì fàng zaì dēngtái shàng , jiào jìnlái de rén kànjian liàngguāng .