Matthew 13:22

“By the working of the Word of Christ, we slowly bear fruit in the Church to the glory of God.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. the parable of the sower: Mt 13:3-23.

“…part of believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; finally, that attitude of sinful man which makes him hide from God out of fear and flee his call.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. GS 19-21; Mt 13:22; Gen 3:8-10; Jon 1:3.

“But the barren earth was grieved, and the thorns choked the word.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 7, 22.

“And He spake many things unto them in parables, saying;” and so on, down to the words, “Therefore every scribe which is instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 1–52.

“But if, in return for good seed and good rain, you bring forth not fruit but thorns, the seed will not be blamed, nor will the rain be in fault; but for thorns due fire is prepared.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 3–25.

“For ‘either the care of this world, or the deceitfulness of riches, chokes them;’ or, as Jesus said in that parable which had reference to them, since they have not established the faith that has been preached to them, but continue only…” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 22.

“Let us hear Christ saying, that “the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.” ( Matt. xiii. 22.)” — the author cites it

“What the thorns are, ye know, though we tell you not; for often ye have heard Christ call the cares of this present life, and the deceitfulness of riches, by this name. ( Matt. xiii. 22.)” — the author cites it

“It is true that hereafter He displayed more clearly the evil effect of this on the mind, I mean, when He made mention of the thorns;but for the present, even here He hath strikingly intimatedthe same, by representing him as darkened who is beside himself in this way.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 22.

“The fruitful soil of Rome, when it receives the pure seed of the Lord, bears fruit an hundredfold; but here the seed corn is choked in the furrows and nothing grows but darnel or oats.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 22, 23.

“The “thorns” which choke our faith are the taking thought for our life.” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 7, 22.

He had said above, that it was not given to Jews to know the kingdom of God, but to the Apostles, and therefore He now concludes, saying, “Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower, ye to whom are committed the…

It is certain that the Lord spoke the things which the Evangelist has recorded; but what the Lord spake was a parable, in which it is never required that the things contained should have actually taken place.

He proceeds then expounding the parable; “Every man who hears the word of the kingdom,” that is, My preaching which avails to the acquiring the kingdom of heaven, “and understandeth it not;” how he understands it…

In these words the Lord explains what the seed is, to wit, the word of the kingdom, that is of the Gospel teaching. For there are some that receive the word of the Lord with no devotion of heart, and so that seed of…

Note that which is said, “is straightway offended.” There is then some difference between him who, by many tribulations and torments, is driven to deny Christ, and him who at the first persecution is offended, and…

Rightly are they called thorns, because they lacerate the soul by the prickings of thought, and do not suffer it to bring forth the spiritual fruit of virtue.

And it is elegantly added, “The deceitfulness of riches choke the word;” for riches are treacherous, promising one thing and doing another. The tenure of them is slippery as they are borne hither and thither, and…

And it should be known, that in these three sorts of bad soil are comprehended all who can hear the word of God, and yet have not strength to bring it forth unto salvation. The Gentiles are excepted, who were not…

And it is to be noted, that as in the bad ground there were three degrees of difference, to wit, that by the way side, the stony and the thorny ground; so in the good soil there is a three-fold difference, the…

Some think that this is to be understood as though the saints according to the degree of their merits delivered some thirty, some sixty, some an hundred persons; and this they usually suppose will happen on the day…

The thirty-fold then is borne of him who teaches faith in the Holy Trinity; the sixty-fold of him who enforces the perfection of good works; (for in the number six this world was completed with all its equipments;)…

Otherwise; There is fruit an hundred-fold of the martyrs because of their satiety of life or contempt of death; a sixty-fold fruit of virgins, because they rest not warring against the use of the flesh; for…

The hundred-fold fruit is to be ascribed to virgins, the sixty-fold to widows and continent persons, the thirty-fold to chaste wedlock.

For the joining together of the hands, as it were in the soft embrace of a kiss, represents husband and wife. The sixty-fold refers to widows, who as being set in narrow circumstances and affliction are denoted by…

Matthew 13:22 and Mark 4:19 share the same wording (14 words).

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 13:18–23 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Catechism §29.

Cited together in Catechism §29.

Cited together in Catechism §29.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Catechism §29.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 20.