Hearing Should be Followed by Meditation
T. Manton, D. D. Luke 2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Musing makes the fire to burn, and deep and constant thoughts are operative, not a glance or a slight view. The hen which straggles from her nest when she sits a brooding, produces nothing; it is a constant incubation which hatches the young. So when we have only a few straggling thoughts, and do not set a-brooding upon a truth, when we have flashes only, like a little glance of a sunbeam upon a wall, it does nothing; but serious and inculcative thoughts (through the Lord's blessing) will do the work. (T. Manton, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. WEB: But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.